David Geffen on American Masters

Richard W The Fast One Posts: 1,283	David Geffen on American Masters Jun 19, 2012 9:10:11 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Richard W on Jun 19, 2012 9:10:11 GMT -5 PBS is devoting an American Masters episode to David Geffen. You have to wonder if Linda will get a mention since she was one of the first artists signed to Geffen's Asylum label.

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David Geffen on American Masters Jun 19, 2012 9:16:04 GMT -5

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I would hope they'd give a little bit more love to Linda here. Geffen reportedly wanted her very much from the start, and he finally did get her to sign with Asylum in June 1972. She really wasn't going anywhere, commercially speaking, on Capitol, though I don't think it was either her fault or Capitol's. Linda was still just a bit too far ahead of her audience at the time.

"I think honesty is of the first, utmost importance in art... any art. After that comes technique and... after that comes talent. Honesty is first. All the rest of the things are important, too, but they're secondary. Without honesty, I don't care how much technique you have, you have nothing."--Linda Ronstadt

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David Geffen on American Masters Jul 23, 2012 4:23:00 GMT -5

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Post by rick on Jul 23, 2012 4:23:00 GMT -5

David Geffen was at the PBS portion of the Television Critics Assn.'s tour discussing his upcoming profile on "American Masters" --

www.deadline.com/2012/07/tca-david-geffen-hollywood-box-office-avatar-the-avengers-dreamworks-tca-pbs/

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