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Dolly on Dolly - Interviews and Encounters with Dolly Parton by Randy L. Schmidt
Category: Music | Series: Musicians in Their Own Words Ser.
"Nobody knows Dolly like Dolly," declares Dolly Parton. Dolly's is a rags-to-riches tale like no other. A dirt-poor Smoky Mountain childhood paved the way for the buxom blonde butterfly's metamorphosis from singer-songwriter to international music superstar. The undisputed "Queen of Country Music," Doll ...Show more
Dylan on Dylan: Interviews and Encounters by Jeff Burger (Editor)
Category: Music | Series: Musicians in Their Own Words Ser.
Dylan can be as evasive and abstruse as he is witty. But in the right moments, he offers candid, revealing commentary about his groundbreaking music and creative process. Dylan on Dylan is an authoritative, chronologically arranged anthology of interviews, speeches, and press conferences, as well as exc ...Show more
Dylan on Dylan - Interviews and Encounters by Jeff Burger (Editor)
Category: Rock & Roll | Series: Musicians in Their Own Words Ser.
In a 1969 conversation with Rolling Stone editor Jann Wenner, Bob Dylan proclaimed, "I don't give interviews." But in truth, he has spoken at length with print publications large and small and with broadcast media around the world, given numerous press conferences, and even answered listeners' questions ...Show more
First Mover - JEFF BEZOS IN HIS OWN WORDS by Hunt Helena (Contribution by)
Category: Business | Series: In Their Own Words Ser.
Jeff Bezos started Amazon in 1994 as an online bookstore based out of his garage. Since then, the ever-expanding enterprise has revolutionized shopping and, in many important ways, invented e-commerce as we know it. Today, Amazon is the third-most valuable company in the world, and Bezos's vast customer ...Show more
George Harrison on George Harrison - Interviews and Encounters by Ashley Kahn
Category: Film | Series: Musicians in Their Own Words Ser.
Grammy-winning author Ashley Kahn has received widespread critical acclaim for A Love Supreme: The Making of John Coltrane's Signature Album and Kind of Blue: The Making of the Miles Davis Masterpiece. Book jacket.
Hendrix on Hendrix : Interviews and Encounters by ROBY STEVEN
Category: Music | Series: Musicians in Their Own Words Ser.
Hendrix on Hendrix includes the most important interviews from the peak of Jimi Hendrix s career, carefully selected by one of the world s leading Hendrix historians. In this book Hendrix recalls for reporters his heartbreaking childhood and his grueling nights on the Chitlin Circuit. He jokes with the ...Show more
Jane Fonda: in Her Own Words by Amanda Gibson (Editor); Kelsey Dame (Editor)
Category: General Biography | Series: In Their Own Words Ser.
Get inside the head of Jane Fonda: actress, political activist, environmentalist, philanthropist, and creator of an unlikely fitness empire that captivated the country beginning in the 1980s. This collection of quotes has been curated from Jane Fonda's numerous public statements--interviews, books, ...Show more
Jeff Bezos by Helena Hunt (Editor)
Category: Biography | Series: In Their Own Words Ser.
Jeff Bezos started Amazon in 1994 as an online bookstore based out of his garage. Since then, the ever-expanding enterprise has revolutionized shopping and, in many important ways, invented e-commerce as we know it. Today, Amazon is the third-most valuable company in the world, and Bezos's vast customer ...Show more
Joni on Joni - Interviews and Encounters with Joni Mitchell by Susan Whitall (Editor)
Category: Biography and Memoir | Series: Musicians in Their Own Words Ser.
Few artists are as intriguing as Joni Mitchell. She was a solidly middle-class, buttoned-up bohemian; an anti-feminist who loved men but scorned free love; a female warrior taking on the male music establishment. She was both the party girl with torn stockings and the sensitive poet. She often said she ...Show more
Joni on Joni - Interviews and Encounters with Joni Mitchell by Susan Whitall (Editor)
Category: Biography | Series: Musicians in Their Own Words Ser.
Joni Mitchell was a solidly middle-class bohemian; an anti-feminist who loved men but scorned free love; a female warrior taking on the male music establishment. She was both the party girl with torn stockings and the sensitive soul. Her earthy, poetic lyrics and the unusual melodic intervals traced by ...Show more
LED Zeppelin: in Their Own Words by Paul Kendall
Category: Music SPECIALS | Series: In their own words
After a meteroic rise to fame, Led Zeppelin quickly became inaccessible and only occasionally was anyone allowed to penetrate their security screen. This is their story, gathered from rare interviews during their long and eventful career.
LeBron James: in His Own Words by Elizabeth Pappas (Editor); Emily Feng (Editor)
Category: Sports and Hobbies | Series: In Their Own Words Ser.
Get inside the head of LeBron James: basketball star, activist, philanthropist, and one of the most influential athletes in the world. This collection of quotes has been curated from LeBron James's numerous public statements--interviews, social media posts, television appearances, and more. It's a comp ...Show more