057: It's Not Only Rock 'n' Roll

Published: Nov. 9, 2018, 5:22 p.m.

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We move outdoors to sit among the olive trees for our second part of our interview with rock \\u2019n\\u2019 roll royalty Jenny Boyd.\\xa0 We talk music, creativity, and her book It\\u2019s Not Only Rock \\u2019n\\u2019 Roll.

Topics we cover:

\\u2022\\xa0 We talk about Jenny\\u2019s second husband

\\u2022\\xa0 The British invasion

\\u2022\\xa0 How Brits saw America a land of opportunity

\\u2022\\xa0 What musicians drive was during the creative process, what they experience when writing a son

\\u2022\\xa0 What part drugs and alcohol played in the creative process

\\u2022\\xa0 If they believed everyone has the potential to be creative and how to express yourself

\\u2022\\xa0 How they musicians are just like normal folks

\\u2022\\xa0 How the Beatles never knew their music would live on and be so popular for so long

\\u2022\\xa0 How they came from very simple lives in Liverpool

\\u2022\\xa0 How Jenny\\u2019s new book is a memoir of her life growing up in the 60s and 70s with all these musicians

\\u2022\\xa0 How George Harrison was most influenced by their experience in India

\\u2022\\xa0 Carpool Karaoke with Corbin

\\u2022\\xa0 The reason some groups have stayed together or come back together

\\u2022\\xa0 How Jenny interviewed Keith Richards for the book

\\u2022\\xa0 Keith\\u2019s take on creativity

\\u2022\\xa0 How all the artists were willing to talk about their muse

\\u2022\\xa0 How they all had a sense of destiny and knew they were going to be famous

\\u2022\\xa0 Paul\\u2019s breakfast with Pete Townsend

\\u2022\\xa0 Pete\\u2019s take on people feeling he was selling out by using his music in advertising

\\u2022\\xa0 How people feel they have ownership over of the music and even the artists

\\u2022\\xa0 The most interesting Don Hendly, Joni Mitchel, David Crosby, Graham Nash

\\u2022\\xa0 How all of the artists were really encouraged by someone when they were young

\\u2022\\xa0 How you have to be you to be creativity

\\u2022\\xa0 How Paul hated seeing work that was imitating other work in advertising

\\u2022\\xa0 How you need to find your own voice and find the courage to use it.

\\u2022\\xa0 A book on the subject:\\xa0 The Courage to Create

\\u2022\\xa0 Paul\\u2019s description of showing creative work to clients and how it feels like you are exposing yourself to them

\\u2022\\xa0 How Eric Clapton described it as looking into the face of God

\\u2022\\xa0 How Ringo described presenting songs to the rest of the group

\\u2022\\xa0 One of Paul\\u2019s favorite quotes about creativity:\\xa0 \\u201cBig ideas are so hard to find, so fragile, and so easy to kill. Don\\u2019t forget that, all of you that don\\u2019t have them.\\u201d

\\u2022\\xa0 How Jenny was inspired by her\\xa0stay at Villa Cappelli

\\u2022\\xa0 How she stayed \\u201cin the now\\u201d while here and enjoying

\\u2022\\xa0 How she was inspired by the food and cooking at Villa Cappelli

\\u2022\\xa0 Steven\\u2019s take on cooking and how there are no rules

\\u2022\\xa0 Jenny\\u2019s take on our creative expression at Villa Cappelli

\\u2022\\xa0 Steven\\u2019s appreciation of Italian\\u2019s \\u201cliving in the now\\u201d and definitely enjoying each moment and each day

\\u2022\\xa0 Italians don\\u2019t just each to nourish, but sit down, relax and each with the family

\\u2022\\xa0 Paul really wants to create a sign that says, \\u201cJust calm down!\\u201d for guests that come to the villa

\\u2022\\xa0 How tours have changed here at the villa from guests really interacting with each other to everyone sitting on their phone posting pics to Facebook

\\u2022\\xa0 How one of our guests did something amazing while staying here.\\xa0 She wouldn\\u2019t take a camera with her when she went out.\\xa0 She instead took her sketch pad and would sketch whatever she saw and then watercolor it.

\\u2022\\xa0 Jenny said she was inspired to draw while staying here

\\u2022\\xa0 The famous picture of everyone \\u201cenjoying\\u201d the Pope\\u2019s visit

\\u2022\\xa0 How we hope to do an unplugged tour at some point

\\u2022\\xa0 This great Nature Valley commercial

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\\u2022\\xa0 Again, enjoy Jenny\\u2019s book. Check it out here.

\\u2022\\xa0 Again, you can follow Jenny here at her website.

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