Bill Withers, long interview about his career, personality and the music industry 

Top notch Brother!!!!

Realest brother I’ve ever listen to.

Interesting person. He succeeded despite not fitting in AT ALL in the US music Industry. That’s a testament to his talent…

19:36 That story about the producer telling his unclothed little girl to go talk to Bill is CRAZY!!!

Yes. My man, BW. The realist. A wealth of knowledge♥♥ Always remember how this music was created under these conditions.

Thanks for the audio! Where did you find this?

18:48 He's talking about when Colombia didn' allow him to do a record until '85. Artists (especially black artists) were chewed up, exploited, robbed, and abused because they was the game left to play. If you tried to go it alone or organize, you got pushed out or killed. Look what happened to Sam Cooke. Nowadays, if you're indie and self contained, STAY INDIE. Keep some level of freedom. Yeah, the gatekeeps have a lot of the venues and the radio. The radio is dead. They really don't have anything for you except a quick bag of crumbs. Do it yourself.