The singer Linda Ronstadt said was too hard to emulate: “It has so many layers”
Nowhere near his eccentricities.
Randy Newman
The artist Bob Dylan and Don Henley called an American “national treasure”
Icons in firm agreement over a “genius”.
Five defining protest anthems that helped topple President Richard Nixon
From Marvin Gaye to Neil Young.
The lyricist who helped Bill Callahan realise how humour could enhance a song
“It’s not just a laugh, it also has meaning to it”.
Suzanne Vega’s three favourite songs by her three favourite songwriters: “I love it”
“It’s a song you could sing for years and still not understand all of it…”
America’s two most overlooked “genius” musicians, according to Don Henley
The folks who can do it all.