Found myself engrossed in watching Tony Bennett in a tv tribute (BBC, Arena, The Music Never Ends) which had friends and admirers hearing and sharing about his life and music. Couldn't help remembering when I had interviewed him myself, all those years ago for Commercial Radio in Hongkong. The consummate gentleman, positive, gracious and blessed with the most amazing vocal talent. And yet, something very simple and unpretentious about him. To the point of being slightly unbelievable.
Watching on Saturday night, the same feeling hovered in the background.
I smiled broadly because he was smiling broadly. I was thrilled because he was thrilled. To be still singing the same songs, simply because he feels them, believes them, enjoys them, wants to share them. And of course his wonderful voice.
At the heart of it all, is that what life comes down to: to live for the sheer joy of it?
Doing no harm, simply valuing all there is?
Certainly makes the complications we create as humans quite laughable.
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