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B. Jeffrey Madoff

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first: 2021-08-11
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“Well, hopefully they'll look, well, actually, they'll be hearing that podcast. This is kind of surreal, another MC Esher thing. I was going to say you could tell them about this podcast, but the only way that they would hear it, it's like I had a teacher that would say, and if you're not here today, please raise your hand. What? So, no, I think it's a no.”
2021-08-11 · The Tim Ferriss Show · #526: B. Jeffrey Madoff — Dealmaking, The Hidden Persuaders, Working with Ralph Lauren, and Finding the Secret to Life in the Mojave Desert · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“all that and you know writing a book about things you've experienced in life can be therapeutic at the same time and bring things up that maybe you know I wouldn't have thought about otherwise and as I had already mentioned about the teaching is that teaching is such a great way to learn is such a great platform to engage with ideas and I've got an audience that changes every semester I really enjoy it and am very grateful for an opportunity like this where you know we can just pinball back and forth and talk about the kinds of things that interest us and in scratching our own itches hope that we also do the same for our audience”
2021-08-11 · The Tim Ferriss Show · #526: B. Jeffrey Madoff — Dealmaking, The Hidden Persuaders, Working with Ralph Lauren, and Finding the Secret to Life in the Mojave Desert · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Well, I am going to be taking a leap into the podcast world. Because of all the guests that I've had in my class, I think that you being a master of that, and I've been learning podcastian. And so I'm looking forward to that because it's just, you know, I think like you, I think it's accurate to say it's about spreading ideas. And that's what's fun to do that engaging with people about ideas. I am proud of my book. I think that that was an interesting thing, especially as I was going through some of the same things I was writing about in terms of that was one of the things when I was thinking about, well, was I a failure?”
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“But the same. It's fun. And you also unearth things about oneself that you might not have hit on otherwise or you see it in a different way. And I think that's the great thing about doing a podcast, isn't it? Get to talk to people that you find interesting. know all of that”
2021-08-11 · The Tim Ferriss Show · #526: B. Jeffrey Madoff — Dealmaking, The Hidden Persuaders, Working with Ralph Lauren, and Finding the Secret to Life in the Mojave Desert · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“We were ricocheting all over the place like that. I mean, it's a very enjoyable thing to do when you're talking with somebody who I don't want to presume you respect me, but I do respect you.”
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“It's fun. I mean, that's, you know, when you and I first met all those years ago, the conversation, which was going to be you had a half hour, I think. And then we were like four and a half hours later. Yeah.”
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“And if it was a metaphorical in terms of just a metaphorical idea that I wanted people to get would be. Stay curious, keep learning.”
2021-08-11 · The Tim Ferriss Show · #526: B. Jeffrey Madoff — Dealmaking, The Hidden Persuaders, Working with Ralph Lauren, and Finding the Secret to Life in the Mojave Desert · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“And so it was cool. And I have seen his, they're married now, I think. His wife I had shot many times because she was a model and I did some videos with her. And she was really, really a nice person too.”
2021-08-11 · The Tim Ferriss Show · #526: B. Jeffrey Madoff — Dealmaking, The Hidden Persuaders, Working with Ralph Lauren, and Finding the Secret to Life in the Mojave Desert · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“You know, I think most people don't mind you approaching them if it's about something nice. So I had a short conversation with him because I said, you know, my son is a huge fan of your movies. And when I watch them with him, I said, you know, you've got something going on. I mean, you can act. You've got chops. You can really act. And he said, oh, man, thank you. And we talked for just a moment or so. And then I said, would you mind if we got pictures with you? The sure way to make sure that nothing happens is do nothing. So, worst case scenario, he says, get away from me, kid. Worst thing he does is he says no. But we both ended up with a picture that we really enjoyed and it was nice to meet him because he was a very nice guy.”
2021-08-11 · The Tim Ferriss Show · #526: B. Jeffrey Madoff — Dealmaking, The Hidden Persuaders, Working with Ralph Lauren, and Finding the Secret to Life in the Mojave Desert · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“God, first of all, I just love when Gentiles use words like Hutzbook. After you're telling me that your ancestors came here in like the 16th century or something like that.”
2021-08-11 · The Tim Ferriss Show · #526: B. Jeffrey Madoff — Dealmaking, The Hidden Persuaders, Working with Ralph Lauren, and Finding the Secret to Life in the Mojave Desert · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“As I was giving the speech, I had my right hand in my pocket and was rubbing my thumb over the face of the watch. I said, oh, wow. And then he takes his hand out of his pocket and says, would you like to see the watch? And he hands it to me. Wow, that was to me like somebody seeing the sacred shroud of Turin or something. I mean, it was just amazing, really amazing. But that's a film that not only was the book great The movie was great.”
2021-08-11 · The Tim Ferriss Show · #526: B. Jeffrey Madoff — Dealmaking, The Hidden Persuaders, Working with Ralph Lauren, and Finding the Secret to Life in the Mojave Desert · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“I don't know that name. Harperly wrote it. She wrote to Kil Mockingbird. And when I walked out onto the set, she got up, burst into tears, and left. She came back about an hour and a half later and I walked over to her. You know, he was wearing a three-piece linen suit, which is what her father always wore. And she said, I'm sorry. I was so overwhelmed by how you reminded me of my father. But there was one thing that was missing. And he said, what was that? said he always had his pocket watch and a watch fob. Then she hands him her father's pocket watch. Which he put into his pocket. And she said, Whenever he was giving a closing argument, he would rub his thumb over the face of the watch, the pocket watch. And I said, wow. And he said, and when I got the Academy Award for Best Actor for that film.”
2021-08-11 · The Tim Ferriss Show · #526: B. Jeffrey Madoff — Dealmaking, The Hidden Persuaders, Working with Ralph Lauren, and Finding the Secret to Life in the Mojave Desert · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“I have the feeling that I had when I was making that. And the very first scene, he said, you know, we shoot movies out of sequence. And I said, yeah, I'm aware. And he said, the very first scene is actually the courtroom scene, although it happens later in the movie. And I walk out on set and Harper Lee was there.”
2021-08-11 · The Tim Ferriss Show · #526: B. Jeffrey Madoff — Dealmaking, The Hidden Persuaders, Working with Ralph Lauren, and Finding the Secret to Life in the Mojave Desert · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“And Atticus Finch is the character that he played. And he said, you know, it's interesting that you say that. And he has, by the way, one of the great voices of all time I was just speaking with Alan Pakula, who produced the movie. And we were wondering if that movie would be made today. What do you think? And I said, I don't know, but what a sorry statement about our culture it would be if a film that was that great wouldn't have been made. And I said, were you aware that you were making something that was going to live on for generations? And he said, you know, I've made over 174 movies. Never before or never since.”
2021-08-11 · The Tim Ferriss Show · #526: B. Jeffrey Madoff — Dealmaking, The Hidden Persuaders, Working with Ralph Lauren, and Finding the Secret to Life in the Mojave Desert · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Yeah, but I've got really smart kids and they loved it. And I loved when I saw tears welling up in their eyes At the same point that it happened with me when I watched the film. And it's just so beautiful. Quick sidebar to that. So I had done a film for Eliza Minelli at Radio City. And there was a big party afterwards in the rainbow room, which is as glamorous as the movies make it. It's gorgeous space and it's wonderful. Gregory Peck was sitting there. I said to my wife, Margaret, It's weird sense. I said to my wife Margaret as opposed to my wife Alice or my other I said to Margaret my wife. You want to meet Gregory Pack? This is in 1991. And she said, I'd pass out. I said, come on. So we go over and I shake hands with him and said, I've always wanted to shake Atticus' hand.”
2021-08-11 · The Tim Ferriss Show · #526: B. Jeffrey Madoff — Dealmaking, The Hidden Persuaders, Working with Ralph Lauren, and Finding the Secret to Life in the Mojave Desert · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Which I loved and I had the additional joy of turning my kids on to it when they were like 12 and watching it with them And there are certain points in that film.”
2021-08-11 · The Tim Ferriss Show · #526: B. Jeffrey Madoff — Dealmaking, The Hidden Persuaders, Working with Ralph Lauren, and Finding the Secret to Life in the Mojave Desert · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Oh God, as you know, I love film. So to name a film is really tough. I mean, I recently rewatched for the 19th time, I don't know, to kill a mockingbird.”
2021-08-11 · The Tim Ferriss Show · #526: B. Jeffrey Madoff — Dealmaking, The Hidden Persuaders, Working with Ralph Lauren, and Finding the Secret to Life in the Mojave Desert · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“His use of language has such velocity to it and is so strong. And he wrote LA Confidential. That was based on one of his books. The movie, which I loved, was like a Disney version of the book. It's hard to imagine. I know. But if you read the book, which I'd highly recommend”
2021-08-11 · The Tim Ferriss Show · #526: B. Jeffrey Madoff — Dealmaking, The Hidden Persuaders, Working with Ralph Lauren, and Finding the Secret to Life in the Mojave Desert · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“They did. And, you know, I thought it was really interesting. And of course, the eccentricity of having a detective with Torette. It was just kind of interesting. And I'm a sucker for any of these movies, whether it's LA Confidential, which is one of the best ones. With the Fedoras, you know, and I just, I love that genre, you know, the film noirish kind of genre. I just love it. And James Elroy, who I mentioned, Who writes with a blowtorch, you know, it's okay.”
2021-08-11 · The Tim Ferriss Show · #526: B. Jeffrey Madoff — Dealmaking, The Hidden Persuaders, Working with Ralph Lauren, and Finding the Secret to Life in the Mojave Desert · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Which is God, it's an amazing book. I love things that Make me look at things differently and challenge my own beliefs and really interesting ways. So those are the kinds of things that I recommend. I read mostly nonfiction. Back when I was reading a lot of fiction, I loved Raymond Chandler. Raymond Chandler created the prototype, Philip Marlowe, the hard-boiled detective who's got integrity and a ball of rye in the deep desk drawer. And his books, I was always sorry that they ended because they were so much fun to spend time with those characters and I really loved it.”
2021-08-11 · The Tim Ferriss Show · #526: B. Jeffrey Madoff — Dealmaking, The Hidden Persuaders, Working with Ralph Lauren, and Finding the Secret to Life in the Mojave Desert · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“So he wrote the master switch. He's a professor at Columbia University. It's incredible about dissemination of media and the attention economy. I may have screwed up that name, but it's Timothy Wu, W-U, and he's brilliant. And I kind of read him, like I put together freak economics with heuristics and biases with Timothy Wu. I put together James Gleek. information”
2021-08-11 · The Tim Ferriss Show · #526: B. Jeffrey Madoff — Dealmaking, The Hidden Persuaders, Working with Ralph Lauren, and Finding the Secret to Life in the Mojave Desert · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Yeah, they're brilliant and the thinking about thinking and why we believe what we believe, I found so amazingly insightful and useful. And I was just blown away by it. I just absolutely loved it. So the undoing project went into who they were as people. And it just even enhanced even more what their whole mission was in terms of behavioral economics. So I love that. But Michael Lewis's books, I have recommended tremendously. Same with Timothy Wu. Timothy.”
2021-08-11 · The Tim Ferriss Show · #526: B. Jeffrey Madoff — Dealmaking, The Hidden Persuaders, Working with Ralph Lauren, and Finding the Secret to Life in the Mojave Desert · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“And the way that he's able to make things understandable without dumbing them down, he's just so good. And I've read everything he's written except his latest book. I haven't read that yet about pandemic, but I will Moneyball, which was great, which I read Moneyball and Freakonomics back to back. And it was like”
2021-08-11 · The Tim Ferriss Show · #526: B. Jeffrey Madoff — Dealmaking, The Hidden Persuaders, Working with Ralph Lauren, and Finding the Secret to Life in the Mojave Desert · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“You know, and so a book that was really amazing to me, Michael Lewis. wrote, well, first of all, I think Moneyball was scoundrel.”
2021-08-11 · The Tim Ferriss Show · #526: B. Jeffrey Madoff — Dealmaking, The Hidden Persuaders, Working with Ralph Lauren, and Finding the Secret to Life in the Mojave Desert · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Will you preempted the actual answer, which is my own. You're right, right, right. That's why I preempted. God damn you There are books that I have suggested to people.”
2021-08-11 · The Tim Ferriss Show · #526: B. Jeffrey Madoff — Dealmaking, The Hidden Persuaders, Working with Ralph Lauren, and Finding the Secret to Life in the Mojave Desert · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Well, as of yet, because it's too early, I mean, tickets don't even go on sale till September. So if somebody was interested, they could message me on LinkedIn.”
2021-08-11 · The Tim Ferriss Show · #526: B. Jeffrey Madoff — Dealmaking, The Hidden Persuaders, Working with Ralph Lauren, and Finding the Secret to Life in the Mojave Desert · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“There's a lot more no's than yeses. And, you know. The question that I have is, you know, how does one construct that emotional moat? Around that part of your psyche that you want to protect and you realize they don't know me. This is what's going on here has nothing to do with who I actually am. I think establishing that moat is critical for emotional survival. Otherwise, more kicks to the head.”
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“But that's smart to be aware of because a lot of people get very resentful about rejection. but they don't look at it in the context of I have got no backstory here yet. I can't point to my successes in this world.”
2021-08-11 · The Tim Ferriss Show · #526: B. Jeffrey Madoff — Dealmaking, The Hidden Persuaders, Working with Ralph Lauren, and Finding the Secret to Life in the Mojave Desert · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Could you get any kind of response from any of the publishers that had originally rejected you that wanted in on your next book or anything like that?”
2021-08-11 · The Tim Ferriss Show · #526: B. Jeffrey Madoff — Dealmaking, The Hidden Persuaders, Working with Ralph Lauren, and Finding the Secret to Life in the Mojave Desert · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Did you find, by the way, I'm just curious after the success of the four hour work week, and I think it's fair to say that that launched your career.”
2021-08-11 · The Tim Ferriss Show · #526: B. Jeffrey Madoff — Dealmaking, The Hidden Persuaders, Working with Ralph Lauren, and Finding the Secret to Life in the Mojave Desert · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“An enhancement deal basically means that a theater, a good regional theater will set aside a certain amount of money for original productions. Maybe they do one or two or tops three a season. So they have their fixed budget. And then on our end, we have to enhance that budget with the rest of the financial contribution. So they're putting up the set shop, they're building the sets, they're building the costumes. They're doing the marketing and sales. They're doing all of those things. And if there is any recoupment, they'll be able to get that. So we're not producing it. But what we are doing is marketing from that. You know, that's the idea. But we've enhanced their budget. So we're both able to put on a play that the cost would be prohibitive for either party alone, but together in pooling resources, we're able to do the production.”
2021-08-11 · The Tim Ferriss Show · #526: B. Jeffrey Madoff — Dealmaking, The Hidden Persuaders, Working with Ralph Lauren, and Finding the Secret to Life in the Mojave Desert · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Yes, yeah, it is, and that's from whether it's La Jolla Playhouse in California or whether it's a Goodman Theater in Washington, there are many regional theaters of very high order. You know, the public theater in New York is a regional theater. That's where Hamilton started, La Jolla Plan. This is where Jersey Boys started. And those were all like what we have enhancement deals. But the big caveat is if you're successful.”
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“But if you're an asshole and I'm paying you, I won't put up with it. And he laughed and said, we're in the same place. And we have built such a sense of community for each of the productions we've done. And it's been just a joy. And the thing is, and I said this to the assembled cast before we did our workshop, is And I think this is a general life lesson for me anyhow, which is never let anybody rob the joy of the process because the process is what's magic. The process is what's so much fun. And that's the journey on your way to that finished product, that process. I mean, that's where the real stories come in as you're on that journey”
2021-08-11 · The Tim Ferriss Show · #526: B. Jeffrey Madoff — Dealmaking, The Hidden Persuaders, Working with Ralph Lauren, and Finding the Secret to Life in the Mojave Desert · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Yeah, we have creative team David Gallo, who's won multiple Tony Awards, is doing set and projection. And Rob Kaplowitz, who was doing sound design, was a Tony Award winner. And we just have a tremendous number of people involved who are so good and so committed to the project. That's very gratifying. And you might like this. When I hired Sheldon, which was before we did our first reading, And I really liked him, and I liked his insights into theater and everything else. And so I said to him, I want you to know I have a no asshole rule. He laughed and says, Well, I think I know what you mean, but why don't you explain it to me? And I said, if you are an asshole, but you're paying me. I'll put up with it, but I will never put up with abuse.”
2021-08-11 · The Tim Ferriss Show · #526: B. Jeffrey Madoff — Dealmaking, The Hidden Persuaders, Working with Ralph Lauren, and Finding the Secret to Life in the Mojave Desert · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“So we're now in the process, I am raising some more. We've got wonderful talent involved. Sheldon Epps, who's the director is phenomenal, who's been with me since the beginning, as has Shelton Beckton, who is the musical director, and Chester Gregory, who plays Lloyd and Stanley Mathes, who plays Logan, who was Lloyd's mobster mentor.”
2021-08-11 · The Tim Ferriss Show · #526: B. Jeffrey Madoff — Dealmaking, The Hidden Persuaders, Working with Ralph Lauren, and Finding the Secret to Life in the Mojave Desert · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“And last Saturday, I'm just putting a timeframe on this. Springsteen was the first Broadway show to open and he sold out. And three weeks before that, the Colbert Show invited full audience without face masks. They just had to pass a COVID test and show proof of vaccination. And he's been full to capacity every day since. Those are all good omens. So that's really good.”
2021-08-11 · The Tim Ferriss Show · #526: B. Jeffrey Madoff — Dealmaking, The Hidden Persuaders, Working with Ralph Lauren, and Finding the Secret to Life in the Mojave Desert · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Fortunately, or not fortunately, wish COVID was over. But my hope is that by March, we'll not only all be safe, we will believe that we're safe and that people will be attending theater, which is beginning to happen. Bruce Springsteen opened his show on Broadway last weekend. I mean, today's June 30th that we're doing this.”
2021-08-11 · The Tim Ferriss Show · #526: B. Jeffrey Madoff — Dealmaking, The Hidden Persuaders, Working with Ralph Lauren, and Finding the Secret to Life in the Mojave Desert · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Yes, and we were going to open in March of 21 with COVID. I had to make the decision because theaters, by the way, get booked up a year and a half to two years in advance. So in September of 20, I made the decision to see if we could move it, if my management could move it to 2022, which is what we did.”
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“And we did a full-up workshop with choreography in the end of March 2019. We got a theater deal. And that theater deals with People's Light Theater in Malvern, a very good regional theater. And we're very excited about that.”
2021-08-11 · The Tim Ferriss Show · #526: B. Jeffrey Madoff — Dealmaking, The Hidden Persuaders, Working with Ralph Lauren, and Finding the Secret to Life in the Mojave Desert · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“So the state of affairs is back in September of 20, we got a theater deal. We did a workshop. First of all, let me say that if I knew how long it took to mount a play, I would have started when I was younger.”
2021-08-11 · The Tim Ferriss Show · #526: B. Jeffrey Madoff — Dealmaking, The Hidden Persuaders, Working with Ralph Lauren, and Finding the Secret to Life in the Mojave Desert · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“I love, yeah, I love that. I love that. And he had another one, which I thought about as I was raising money for this, which is I was telling him about some of the meetings and so on. He said, Jeff, you got to understand something. There's a million ways to say no. Only one way to say yes, you're right a check.”
2021-08-11 · The Tim Ferriss Show · #526: B. Jeffrey Madoff — Dealmaking, The Hidden Persuaders, Working with Ralph Lauren, and Finding the Secret to Life in the Mojave Desert · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“It was really gratifying what I said could have pissed him off if he was a lesser person. But his ego didn't get in the way of that. And Lloyd had a phrase, the truth needs no defense.”
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“So when I read them out loud to him, he loved it. And I said to him, he said, you've got it. And I said to him, but there's something really important that we need to understand right now. And he said, what's that? And I said, you're the messenger. This story is bigger than you because your life and what you did changed the face of music. Was instrumental in creating this new form. And you're the messenger. And he said, Jeff, I've been waiting years for somebody to say that to me. And they all puffed smoke up my ass. And it's not about my ego. It's about wanting to tell this story. That's what I want you to do it. And that began a friendship and a collaboration that lasted until his death. And now I have an additional. Mission and purpose, which is to keep his legacy and story and music alive.”
2021-08-11 · The Tim Ferriss Show · #526: B. Jeffrey Madoff — Dealmaking, The Hidden Persuaders, Working with Ralph Lauren, and Finding the Secret to Life in the Mojave Desert · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“That's right. There's no charity. That's not funny. They don't laugh. That's right. Yeah, and you can't talk them into, you know, that was funny. That's right. That's the proof. And so you've got to pivot quick. and recover quick. And if you get angry at your audience for not doing it, that's the death knell of your career.”
2021-08-11 · The Tim Ferriss Show · #526: B. Jeffrey Madoff — Dealmaking, The Hidden Persuaders, Working with Ralph Lauren, and Finding the Secret to Life in the Mojave Desert · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“That you know, and so that risk I find profound and profoundly seductive because you have to be there present in the zone to really be good at what you're doing. And I have so much respect for the talent that I work with and the actors that I work with. It's incredible. And comedians, they put a product out there and they get immediate feedback. You know, it's no A-B testing, right? They laugh at the”
2021-08-11 · The Tim Ferriss Show · #526: B. Jeffrey Madoff — Dealmaking, The Hidden Persuaders, Working with Ralph Lauren, and Finding the Secret to Life in the Mojave Desert · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Yes, and although the movie was in the back of my mind as a next step, but play, there's something about theater and live performances, whether you're seeing a play, whether you're seeing a comedian, even a live concert, where the talent is at risk the entire time they're in front of an audience. Because in movies, you can do another take.”
2021-08-11 · The Tim Ferriss Show · #526: B. Jeffrey Madoff — Dealmaking, The Hidden Persuaders, Working with Ralph Lauren, and Finding the Secret to Life in the Mojave Desert · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“And he opened the doors not only for black musicians, but for young musicians. And that started that tidal wave that became rock and roll. So he and I became very close friends. And I said to him after doing the documentary. I know I can capture your voice. I want to tell your story. Little did I know that meeting him was going to be a life-changing event because since then, I wrote the first few scenes, read them for Lloyd.”
2021-08-11 · The Tim Ferriss Show · #526: B. Jeffrey Madoff — Dealmaking, The Hidden Persuaders, Working with Ralph Lauren, and Finding the Secret to Life in the Mojave Desert · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“And I was so taken by his story because it takes place at the crossroads of the youth movement, the birth of rock and roll, and the civil rights movement. And I felt like this is a story that needed to be told. Most people don't know Lloyd's story and just how influential he was. And in breaking down that wall that was called race records, nobody's prejudice against Green.”
2021-08-11 · The Tim Ferriss Show · #526: B. Jeffrey Madoff — Dealmaking, The Hidden Persuaders, Working with Ralph Lauren, and Finding the Secret to Life in the Mojave Desert · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“And by the way, at that time, which would have been my grandparents' generation, kids didn't buy records. The only kid records were Shirley Temple. You know, kids did not buy records. It wasn't a market, so there were a bunch of independent labels around the country that sold blues, gospel, and jazz. And this was the breakthrough album. So there are many rock and roll and musical scholars that consider it the cornerstone song of rock and roll. And it was covered by Elvis, by the Beatles, by Bruce Springsteen, on and on and on. And I met Lloyd. We really hit it off. And I was, why was that? I met him in like 2012 or 13, something like that. And I was asked to do a documentary about him because they wanted to start getting his story out there in hopes of doing something. And so I researched him.”
2021-08-11 · The Tim Ferriss Show · #526: B. Jeffrey Madoff — Dealmaking, The Hidden Persuaders, Working with Ralph Lauren, and Finding the Secret to Life in the Mojave Desert · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Well, Lloyd Price is a dear friend who died on May 4th, and Lloyd Price is, and I hate this term because it's beaten to death, but it's true in his case, an icon, one of the founding fathers of rock and roll. He's in the rock and roll of fame. And his first song, Laudimus Claudi, back in 1952, broke down the wall that was called race records, where you could only buy records by black artists and black record stores. And Laudi Miss Claudi sold and was the first record to sell this much, over a million copies, no record by a young person had ever sold anywhere near that.”
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