Shawn Amos
Shawn Amos
Shawn Ellis Amosis an American songwriter, blues singer, record producer and digital marketing entrepreneur...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth13 September 1967
CountryUnited States of America
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Men of my father's generation were perpetual hustlers, always on the make and always on the move.
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My father's very public life as Famous Amos was the opposite of that of his ex-wife, my mother Shirley, who was fighting a very private, solitary battle with mental illness.
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Schizoaffective disorder is a big mental mash-up of a disease. It combines just about every disorder, from depression, delusions, and paranoia to mania, schizophrenia and hallucinations. My mother bounced between all of these regularly while raising me alone in our Hollywood home.
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Long before Wesley Snipes decided he didn't need to pay the IRS, Willie Nelson was dodging the tax men.
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The late, great Janis Joplin could drink ten men under the table, then sing loud enough to shake the teeth out of their head.
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When I was growing up in L.A. in the late '70s and early '80s, Michael Jackson's was the first face on TV that looked like mine.
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There is a difference between a hand out and a help up. Brothers need to help brothers. They don't do it enough.
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Every single tune you know from the 1940s until the 1970s was written, arranged, and demoed in the Brill Building. OK, maybe not every song, but writers from Benny Goodman to Lieber & Stoller to Neil Diamond all kept offices there.
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Brands' products should be the manifestation of a company's values. Those values should be the subject of all sorts of wonderful stories that comprise your company's narrative.
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Brands frantically tried to compete for users' fragmented attention, spraying content on every platform in a 24/7 race to stay relevant.
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We all know the record biz don't pay. All musicians have day jobs - no matter how big they are.
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Protest is patriotic. Since the beginning of musical time, American singers and songwriters have used their talent and bully pulpits to show us America's strengths and shortcomings.
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Thomas Dolby is part mad scientist, part nature boy, and entirely moved by the power of music.
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If I were a rock star, I'd design my own clothes. I'd do it because that's the mark of a true rock star.