“Civilization hangs suspended, from generation to generation, by the gossamer strand of memory. If only one cohort of mothers and fathers fails to convey to its children what it has learned from its parents, then the great chain of learning and wisdom snaps.”
— Jacob Neusner in Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture
72-year-old James Taylor (below) tells Stephen Colbert the story of how he was chosen to be the first artist other than the Beatles to be recorded on Apple, the Beatles’ record label.