What is a historian, anyway? It is someone who uses facts to record the development of humanity.
“My father was the king of the joke-tellers. I was so impressed as a child watching him, holding people in rapt attention.”
“Songs used to be short, then they became longer, and now they're getting shorter. But otherwise, music is about a beat and a message. If the beat gets to the audience, and the message touches them, you've got a hit.”