Tuning in…
Tuning in…
Castaway
1 appearance
Singer and actor who holds the record for Billboard number ones in seven consecutive decades and won an Academy Award.
On the island
Eight records
I just like the sound. Music can be anything. Music doesn't need explanation. It doesn't need anything. So it's the feeling. Music is the feeling.
Elvis to me was like, Elvis was the beginning of me going, like I knew what I was going to do. It's like most of my friends loved him. I wanted to be him.
A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes
And that was the second movie I saw and This is Cinderella... when we got into the car, I started singing it, and I remember my mom hit my dad and said, John, she's singing it... my mom was hearing a future.
Stevie just meant the world to me, and he's such a genius... Stevie kind of like felt like liberation to me.
You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'
I sang background on it. It was the last thing I did... we're all standing and everyone just stopped. And we just stopped and the whole world stopped and Billy was singing and we all knew that this was going to be one of the great songs.
I love her and she's a great musician and she's got a great voice and Plays a slide like a demon and it's just it's one of the best love songs I've ever heard.
I had such a crush on it... Michael McDonald's... Loved him. I should have told him.
A Change Is Gonna ComeFavourite
Sonny and Sam Cooke were really good friends, and so this change is gonna come is like I would say it's one of my all time favorite songs. Like there are some people you know that their voice comes from some other place.
In conversation
Presenter asks
1:16What are the most common misconceptions that people have [about you]?
Well, I think that sometimes because of what I wear or not what I've done, but because sometimes I can seem really frivolous. I like being who I am and what I am and that encompasses so many things. I'm just not one thing. But I think maybe people don't know that I'm kind of shy when I'm not working.
Presenter asks
4:53What characteristics come to mind when you think about your mum?
Well, my mom was tough, and she was funny. And she was smart. And we fought lots, you know, when I was young too... I knew the way to get to her was stop talking completely and just answer, Yes, mother, no, mother, okay, mother. And it drove her crazy.
Presenter asks
7:51What did you make of [your father] as a person? Did you like him?
I did like him. He was very charming. He was cute and um he was kind... He was a mess, though... They got back together and I was like, Oh Jesus, this is not good And we went to Las Vegas and he he got high and burned down the bedroom, smoking in bed.
The keepsakes
The book
Frank Yerby
This is the first book I ever read. Sonny gave it to me ... I just thought, this is a whole new world.
The luxury
my mom said if you ever are on a desert island, make sure to take an eyelash curler.
Presenter asks
21:25What were your first impressions of [Sonny Bono]?
When I saw him everyone else disappeared, and he wasn't handsome, he just was so electrifying. Dressed unbelievably... He was wearing this beautiful mohair suit and a mustard shirt with a white collar and a mustard tie... And he had the most beautiful fingers I'd ever seen. And when he sat down, he was really charming.
Presenter asks
40:03How did cinema audiences react to you taking on the role [in Silkwood]?
Well, in the beginning, I mean, before the movie came out, it was horrible... my name comes up and the whole audience laughs. But I mean the entire audience And the first thing I thought was, they're all doing it, so it's obviously a visceral feeling that everyone's feeling at one time. And my sister was crying, and I bit the inside of my cheek for a minute. And then I thought, you know, you can't argue with what everyone's thinking, and that's okay, but this is sad.
Presenter asks
42:11How did you navigate those experiences [with your sons' challenges], especially living in the public eye?
You can do your best. And you can be supportive and you can keep trying... With my son I'm not gonna give up on him, but it's it's difficult.
“I'm all the things that I am, you know. So I'm all the things that you see, and then I'm all the things that you don't see because, you know, I'm going around in sweatpants and stuff like that, and I'm quiet.”
“Music can be anything. Music doesn't need explanation. It doesn't need anything. So it's the feeling. Music is the feeling.”
“God didn't put me here to be practical.”