I've never left music behind, but I've had success in television.
We've created more wealth in the past 30 years than the rest of human of human history combined. But half of Americans make less than $17 an hour.
When families can afford the basics, they can reinvest in their communities, and higher wages means a broader consumer base for businesses.
When workers make more money, they respond by being more productive in their jobs and are less likely to leave, reducing turnover costs. This puts money in business' pockets, and workers also then have more money to spend in the local economy.
Income inequality and wage stagnation finally took their place among the principal moral issues of our time.
The minimum wage isn't earned only by people working at fast food restaurants and in service industry work - the average income for positions like nursing assistants, preschool teachers and paramedics are all under $15.
Today, the gap between productivity and compensation for the typical worker is larger than at any time since World War II.
When you're not goal-striving, not looking forward, you're not really living.
The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.
I would love to expose multiple younger generations to Frank's music. It's not an easy task because It's not ever going to be plastered all over the radio for the masses.
I was so urban-centric once. I did not want to see a patch of grass. I did not want to look at a tree. I didn't want to be anywhere near a sparrow, or a squirrel, or a pigeon, because I just wanted to be consumed by the asphalt-jungle aspect of New York.