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Nickolas Ashford —
American
Musician
born on May 04, 1941,
Nickolas Ashford was an American R&B singer and songwriter who formed the musical partnership Ashford & Simpson with his wife, Valerie Simpson... (wikipedia)
So you can have your program, but you also have to be ready to change it immediately because there are certain kinds of people who like certain kinds of songs and they like - some people want to dance when you come out, some people just want to be intimate with you. So you kind of feel your way through a show.
It's quite different, the kind of love you get in a smaller club and the kind of love you get on a big proscenium stage. It's quite different. I like both of them, but I'm in love with the smaller, intimate club.
But I also think it's up to the fan base to call in the radio stations and demand that the more mature artists be played as well.
We call 'Ain't No Mountain' the golden egg that landed us at Motown.
I think I can see people wanting to hear more music-music now as opposed to all hip-hop. You know, which I have nothing against hip-hop. I think some of it is really good. But on the other hand, some of the real great artists are just being lost because they're not getting the airplay or anything to make them inspired to record again.