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♪

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[applause]

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GARTH BROOKS: Welcome to
the Kennedy Center Opera House,

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Official YIFY movies site:
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a living memorial to the legacy
of the great

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President John F. Kennedy,
who once said

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that if more politicians
knew poetry,

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and more poets knew politics,

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I am convinced the world would
be a little better place.

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This national cultural center

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was created for all Americans.

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Poets, politicians,

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and everyone in between.

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Art doesn't care
where you're from.

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Or what you look like.

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Art can be small,

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or it can be very big.

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And it can be any color
of the rainbow.

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Like yellow, heh.

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Big and yellow.

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Sounds like me.

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[laughter]

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That's right, Big Bird.

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Art has the power

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to bring us together

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by breaking down barriers

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and highlighting
our shared humanity.

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That's why we're here.

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At tonight we'll tell you
the stories

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of five artists who continue
the legacy

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of the 244 honorees
who came before them.

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They are stories of tenacity,

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stories of faith,

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stories of unfettered creativity

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and stories of endurance.

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And I know a little about that.

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We're all honored to
be part of this legacy.

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And we're thrilled to welcome
the 45th class

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of Kennedy Center Honorees.

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[applause]

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Acclaimed actor and filmmaker
George Clooney.

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[applause]

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The legendary Empress of Soul,

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Gladys Knight.

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[applause]

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The Queen of Christian Pop,
Amy Grant.

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[applause]

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Pulitzer Prize-winning composer

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and music ambassador Tania León.

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[applause]

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Iconic rock band U2!

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[applause]

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Friends of the arts

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the Vice President
of the United States

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and the Second Gentleman
Douglas Emhoff.

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Friends of the arts

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the President
of the United States

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and First Lady Jill Biden.

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[applause]

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♪

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ANNOUNCER:
From Washington, D.C.,

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and The United States
National Cultural Center,

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it's the Kennedy Center Honors.

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BROOKS:
First of all,

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you're talking about one
of the greatest voices

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we've ever had.

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Not to mention one of the most
gorgeous creatures

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we've ever seen
inside and out, too.

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I'm gonna quote Gladys here,
she says,

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"Bring on the pain.

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"Bring on the glory.

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"I will be in this fight
to share my gifts,

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to enjoy my blessings,
and to be loved."

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♪ Because you're
the best thing♪

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♪ That ever happened to me♪

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[cheering, applause]

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ANNOUNCER:
Please welcome rapper, actor,
and 2017 Kennedy Center Honoree

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LL Cool J.

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Just like stars
in the night sky,

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Gladys Knight illuminates
everything and everyone

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in her orbit.

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But make no mistake:

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she's no ordinary star.

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No matter what Gladys
is singing,

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she connects with you on
a deeper, spiritual level.

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[chuckles] I once heard Gladys

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sing the ABCs and I thought
I was in church.

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True story.

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[laughter]

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[LL Cool J chuckles]

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That's the real reason why she's
known as the Empress of Soul.

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Gladys is gospel.

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She's country.
She's rock 'n' roll.

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And of course, hip-hop.

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[laughter]

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A lot of artists
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so on behalf of the culture,
I just want to say,

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thank you, Gladys.

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You truly are an inspiration.

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Not just to me,

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but to everyone who has been
blessed to orbit your star.

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Wouldn't be here without you.

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Please welcome Garth Brooks.

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[applause]

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Gladys has roots
in country music.

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As a matter of fact,
her biggest hit started

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as a country ballad.

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After changing
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and adding that signature touch
of Gladys Knight soul,

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what was once
"Midnight Plane to Houston"...

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[laughter]

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True story.

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...became "Midnight Train
to Georgia."

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And the rest, as they say,
is history.

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But to do this song right,

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and to do Gladys right,

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we're gonna need us

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The Pips.

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♪

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Yeah. Yeah.

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♪ Mmm, L.A.♪

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♪ Proved too much for the man♪

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♪ Too much for the man♪

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♪ He couldn't make it♪

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♪ Now he's leavin' life♪

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♪ He's come to know, oh♪

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♪ He said he's goin'♪

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♪ Said he's going back to find♪

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♪ Goin' back to find♪

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♪ Ooh, what's left
of his world♪

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♪ A world he left behind♪

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♪ Not so long ago, oh♪

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♪ He's leavin'♪

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♪ Leavin'♪

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♪ On that midnight train
to Georgia♪

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♪ Leavin' on
that midnight train♪

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♪ Yeah, said he's goin'
back to find♪

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♪ Goin' back to find♪

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♪ A simpler place in time♪

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♪ When he takes that ride♪

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♪ Guess who's gonna be
right by his side♪

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♪ And she'll be waiting♪

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♪ I know she will♪

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♪ On that midnight train
to Georgia♪

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♪ Leavin' on that midnight train
to Georgia, ooh, ohh♪

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♪ She'd rather live
in his world♪

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♪ Live in her world♪

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♪ Than live without him
in mine♪

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♪ My world is his,
his and hers alone♪

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♪ Ooh, he just kept dreamin'♪

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♪ Dreamin'♪

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♪ Someday, he'd be a star♪

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♪ A superstar but
he didn't get far♪

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♪ But he sure found out
the hard way♪

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♪ That dreams don't always
come true♪

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♪ Dreams don't always come true,
aha, no, aha♪

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♪ Oh, he's leavin'♪

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♪ Leavin'♪

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♪ On that midnight train
to Georgia♪

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♪ Leavin' on
that midnight train♪

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♪ Yeah, said he's goin'
back to find♪

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♪ Goin' back to find♪

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♪ To a simpler place in time♪

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♪ When he takes that ride♪

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♪ Oh, yes, he is♪

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♪ Guess who's gonna be
right by his side♪

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♪ And she'll be there♪

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♪ I know she will♪

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♪ On that midnight train
to Georgia♪

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♪ Leavin' on that midnight train
to Georgia, ooh, ooh♪

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♪ She'd rather live
in his world♪

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♪ Live in her world♪

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♪ Than live without him
in mine♪

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♪ My world is his,
his and hers alone♪

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♪ I got to go,
I got to go♪

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♪

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♪ Ooh♪

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WESLEY MORRIS:
Anybody who's heard
Gladys Knight

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knows the strength
of that voice.

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♪ Mmm, I'll bet you're
wondering how I knew♪

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MORRIS:
This meaty, mighty,
textured instrument

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of deceptive elegance

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and tremendous
emotional urgency.

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♪ Oh, I heard it through
the grapevine♪

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♪ Oh, I heard it♪

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Why does Gladys Knight
need to sound strong?

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Because her art
is the opposite of strength.

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Why should any of us fear
vulnerability

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when this woman sounds
so powerful confessing hers?

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♪ I'd never no, no stop
loving you♪

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MORRIS:
Gladys grew up in
the Atlanta of the 1940s

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and 1950s,
one of Merald Knight Sr.

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and Sarah Woods' four children,

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America would've first seen
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on the Ted Mack
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GLADYS KNIGHT:
If I win tonight, I'll feel

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like Cinderella
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all rolled into one.

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TED MACK:
Well, that'll be fine,

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just as long as you still
sing like Gladys Knight.

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KNIGHT:
That's the only way
I know how, Mr. Mack.

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MORRIS:
She won, of course.

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And the urge to sing for people
burned in her.

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After her television debut,
she sang in local talent shows

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with her family
performing as The Pips.

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I have two cousins,
William and Edward

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and my brother, Merald.

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Yeah.

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MORRIS:
But the 1950s and '60s

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were terrible times
for Black performers

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in this country.

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Racism everywhere,
promoters refusing to pay,

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fourth-rate lodging,
threats on the road,

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you had to be strong out there.

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It's a strength that
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change the world
or break the sound barrier.

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It's a strength that wants
to sing what we all know

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and what we all
have been through.

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And she's never been afraid
to show us

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how intense devotion can sound.

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♪ I'd rather live in his world♪

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♪ Than live without him
in mine♪

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MORRIS:
And evidently Gladys's kind of
strength proved contagious.

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For here is a woman backed by,
backedup by three men.

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Three men whose bodies
move in time with hers.

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The Pips respond to her call.

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They follow her lead.

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♪ My world♪

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MORRIS:
Speak, we'll listen.

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Fall, we'll catch you.

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♪ I've got to go,
I've got to go♪

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♪ I've got to go, hey♪

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MORRIS:
For more than 60 years,
Gladys Knight

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has opened up her heart
more than any of us would dare.

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And achieved something
extraordinary,

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-but also inevitable.
-ANNOUNCER: Ms. Gladys Knight!

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MORRIS:
She's pulled us firmly
into her orbit and...

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[applause]

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ANNOUNCER:
Please welcome
Academy Award winner

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Ariana DeBose.

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[applause]

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So, growing up
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I'd be in the car
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and as we drive down the road,

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we'd be listening to Motown.

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And that is when I first heard
Ms. Gladys Knight sing

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"I Heard It
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And in that moment, man,
that voice,

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it changed my world.

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I thank you, Gladys,

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and I thank our musical
director tonight, Ricky Minor,

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for this very special
arrangement of

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"I Heard It
Through the Grapevine."

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[applause]

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♪

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♪ Mmm♪

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♪ I bet you're wonderin'
how I knew♪

261
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♪ Baby, baby, baby, 'bout
your plans to make me blue♪

262
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♪ With some other girl
you knew before♪

263
00:12:20,896 --> 00:12:23,172
♪ Between the two of us girls♪

264
00:12:23,206 --> 00:12:25,413
♪ You know I loved you more♪

265
00:12:25,448 --> 00:12:29,758
♪ It took me by surprise
I must say♪

266
00:12:29,793 --> 00:12:32,413
♪ When I found out yesterday♪

267
00:12:32,448 --> 00:12:34,931
♪ Don't you know that I heard
it through the grapevine♪

268
00:12:34,965 --> 00:12:37,103
♪ Oh, I heard it through
the grapevine♪

269
00:12:37,137 --> 00:12:39,103
♪ Not much longer
would you be mine♪

270
00:12:39,137 --> 00:12:40,758
♪ Not much longer would
you be mine♪

271
00:12:40,793 --> 00:12:43,655
♪ Don't you know that I heard it
through the grapevine♪

272
00:12:43,689 --> 00:12:45,827
♪ Oh, I heard it
through the grapevine♪

273
00:12:45,862 --> 00:12:47,482
♪ And I'm just about,
just about♪

274
00:12:47,517 --> 00:12:50,034
♪ Just about to lose my mind♪

275
00:12:50,068 --> 00:12:52,724
-♪ Oh, yes, I am♪
-♪ Oh, yes, I am♪

276
00:12:52,758 --> 00:12:54,310
♪ Oh, yes, I am♪

277
00:12:54,344 --> 00:12:57,379
♪ Baby, won't you listen to me♪

278
00:12:57,413 --> 00:13:02,000
♪ Now take a good look
at these tears in my eyes♪

279
00:13:02,034 --> 00:13:06,620
♪ Baby, baby, these tears
I hold inside♪

280
00:13:06,655 --> 00:13:09,896
♪ Losing you could end my life
you see♪

281
00:13:09,931 --> 00:13:11,586
♪ Ooh♪

282
00:13:11,620 --> 00:13:15,724
♪ Because you mean
that much to me♪

283
00:13:15,758 --> 00:13:20,137
♪ You could've
told me yourself♪

284
00:13:20,172 --> 00:13:23,034
♪ That you love somebody else♪

285
00:13:23,068 --> 00:13:25,310
♪ Instead I heard it
through the grapevine♪

286
00:13:25,344 --> 00:13:26,862
♪ Oh, I heard it through
the grapevine♪

287
00:13:26,896 --> 00:13:29,551
♪ Hey, not much longer
would you be mine♪

288
00:13:29,586 --> 00:13:30,965
♪ Not much longer
would you be mine♪

289
00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:32,517
♪ Don't you know
that I heard it♪

290
00:13:32,551 --> 00:13:33,862
-♪ Heard it♪
-♪ Yes, I heard it♪

291
00:13:33,896 --> 00:13:35,896
♪ Heard it through
the grapevine♪

292
00:13:35,931 --> 00:13:38,103
♪ Hey, just about, just about,
just about♪

293
00:13:38,137 --> 00:13:39,517
♪ To lose my mind♪

294
00:13:39,551 --> 00:13:41,103
♪ Oh, yeah♪

295
00:13:41,137 --> 00:13:44,172
-♪ Oh, yes♪
-♪ Oh, yes, I am♪

296
00:13:44,206 --> 00:13:47,241
♪

297
00:13:47,275 --> 00:13:50,758
♪ People say believe half
of what you see♪

298
00:13:50,793 --> 00:13:56,241
♪ Oh, and none
of what you hear♪

299
00:13:56,275 --> 00:14:00,034
♪ Go, I gotta go♪

300
00:14:00,068 --> 00:14:01,379
♪

301
00:14:01,413 --> 00:14:03,344
♪ Go, go, go♪

302
00:14:03,379 --> 00:14:05,931
-♪ Go and let me go♪
-♪ Go, go, go♪

303
00:14:05,965 --> 00:14:08,137
-♪ Heard it♪
-♪ I heard it♪

304
00:14:08,172 --> 00:14:09,206
♪

305
00:14:09,241 --> 00:14:11,241
♪ Heard it♪

306
00:14:11,275 --> 00:14:12,931
♪ Yes, I heard it♪

307
00:14:12,965 --> 00:14:17,965
♪ Oh, do you plan to let me go♪

308
00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:21,103
♪ For the other girl
you loved before?♪

309
00:14:21,137 --> 00:14:23,034
♪ Yes, and I heard it through
the grapevine♪

310
00:14:23,068 --> 00:14:24,586
♪ Oh, I heard it♪

311
00:14:24,620 --> 00:14:27,206
♪ Hey, not much longer
would you be mine♪

312
00:14:27,241 --> 00:14:29,862
♪ Not much longer
would you be mine♪

313
00:14:29,896 --> 00:14:31,413
-♪ Don't you know I heard it♪
-♪ Heard it♪

314
00:14:31,448 --> 00:14:32,758
♪ Yes, I heard it♪

315
00:14:32,793 --> 00:14:34,275
♪ Heard it through
the grapevine♪

316
00:14:34,310 --> 00:14:36,586
♪ Hey, just about, just about,
just about♪

317
00:14:36,620 --> 00:14:38,137
♪ To lose my mind♪

318
00:14:38,172 --> 00:14:40,000
♪ Oh, yes, I am♪

319
00:14:40,034 --> 00:14:42,172
♪ Oh, yes, I am.♪

320
00:14:42,206 --> 00:14:44,172
[applause]

321
00:14:53,172 --> 00:14:54,586
ANNOUNCER:
Mickey Guyton, Arianna DeBose

322
00:14:54,620 --> 00:14:57,068
and Patti LaBelle
show what friends are for

323
00:14:57,103 --> 00:14:58,827
as our tribute
to Gladys Knight continues.

324
00:14:58,862 --> 00:15:01,137
And, later,
the stars come together

325
00:15:01,172 --> 00:15:02,517
to salute Irish mega band U2.

326
00:15:02,551 --> 00:15:05,758
The Kennedy Center Honors.
This is CBS.

327
00:15:05,793 --> 00:15:09,034
Sponsored by
Progressive Insurance.

328
00:15:09,068 --> 00:15:12,517
Save when you bundle auto,
home or motorcycle insurance.

329
00:15:19,655 --> 00:15:22,310
Gladys, your voice has spoken to
what breaks our hearts,

330
00:15:22,344 --> 00:15:25,068
what tears us apart,
what lifts our spirits,

331
00:15:25,103 --> 00:15:26,137
what brings us together.

332
00:15:26,172 --> 00:15:28,034
You're truly one
of the best things

333
00:15:28,068 --> 00:15:30,034
ever to happen to any of us.

334
00:15:30,068 --> 00:15:32,068
[applause]

335
00:15:34,275 --> 00:15:37,827
ANNOUNCER:
Please welcome back
LL Cool J.

336
00:15:37,862 --> 00:15:40,413
Gladys's music empowers
the listener,

337
00:15:40,448 --> 00:15:42,758
but also serves as a blueprint

338
00:15:42,793 --> 00:15:44,620
for other artists
who would follow.

339
00:15:44,655 --> 00:15:46,000
Like this next artist,

340
00:15:46,034 --> 00:15:48,448
who is carving
her own unique path.

341
00:15:48,482 --> 00:15:51,068
Please welcome Mickey Guyton!

342
00:15:51,103 --> 00:15:53,344
[applause]

343
00:15:57,103 --> 00:15:59,344
They say don't ever meet
your heroes.

344
00:15:59,379 --> 00:16:01,413
And they will disappoint you.

345
00:16:01,448 --> 00:16:03,965
But that is not true
with Gladys.

346
00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:05,862
I got to perform
with her last year

347
00:16:05,896 --> 00:16:09,068
and she made me feel like
I was part of her family.

348
00:16:09,103 --> 00:16:13,655
Gladys, this song is how
we all feel about you.

349
00:16:13,689 --> 00:16:16,551
["Best Thing That Ever Happened
to Me" playing]

350
00:16:18,068 --> 00:16:22,068
♪ I've had my share♪

351
00:16:22,103 --> 00:16:26,103
♪ Of life's ups and downs♪

352
00:16:28,482 --> 00:16:32,482
♪ But fate's been kind♪

353
00:16:32,517 --> 00:16:36,896
♪ The downs have been few♪

354
00:16:37,931 --> 00:16:41,275
♪ I guess you could say♪

355
00:16:41,310 --> 00:16:46,517
♪ That I've been lucky♪

356
00:16:46,551 --> 00:16:52,000
♪ I guess you could say♪

357
00:16:52,034 --> 00:16:55,517
♪ That it's all because of you♪

358
00:16:55,551 --> 00:17:02,620
♪ Oh, if anyone
should ever write♪

359
00:17:02,655 --> 00:17:06,827
♪ My life's story♪

360
00:17:06,862 --> 00:17:09,862
-♪ For whatever♪
-♪ For whatever reason♪

361
00:17:09,896 --> 00:17:17,034
♪ For whatever reason
that it might be♪

362
00:17:17,068 --> 00:17:19,034
♪ And you'll be there♪

363
00:17:19,068 --> 00:17:25,551
♪ Between each line of pain
and glory♪

364
00:17:25,586 --> 00:17:27,931
♪ 'Cause you're the best thing♪

365
00:17:27,965 --> 00:17:30,310
♪ You're the best thing
that ever happened to me♪

366
00:17:30,344 --> 00:17:35,103
♪ That ever happened to me♪

367
00:17:35,137 --> 00:17:41,482
♪ Ooh, you're the best thing♪

368
00:17:41,517 --> 00:17:44,758
♪ That ever happened♪

369
00:17:44,793 --> 00:17:51,655
♪ To me...♪

370
00:17:51,689 --> 00:17:57,275
♪ Oh, hey.♪

371
00:17:57,310 --> 00:17:59,275
[applause]

372
00:18:09,344 --> 00:18:11,482
And now, it's time to bring out

373
00:18:11,517 --> 00:18:14,000
another member of Gladys's
extended family

374
00:18:14,034 --> 00:18:16,103
who is a legend
in her own right.

375
00:18:16,137 --> 00:18:18,517
Please put your hands together

376
00:18:18,551 --> 00:18:22,379
for the one and only
Patti LaBelle!

377
00:18:22,413 --> 00:18:24,344
[applause]

378
00:18:33,758 --> 00:18:36,793
PATTI LABELLE:
My, my, my.

379
00:18:36,827 --> 00:18:40,103
First of all, Gladys,

380
00:18:40,137 --> 00:18:42,103
I have to say things about you

381
00:18:42,137 --> 00:18:44,620
that no people know
that I know about you

382
00:18:44,655 --> 00:18:46,655
and feel about you.

383
00:18:46,689 --> 00:18:50,241
For six decades,
we've been friends.

384
00:18:50,275 --> 00:18:53,103
We were there for all kinds
of laughs and giggles

385
00:18:53,137 --> 00:18:55,793
and cries and hardships.

386
00:18:55,827 --> 00:18:59,344
We toured together.
We do everything together.

387
00:18:59,379 --> 00:19:02,379
God knows you're phenomenal.

388
00:19:02,413 --> 00:19:07,344
I am honored to honor you
tonight, my darling.

389
00:19:07,379 --> 00:19:10,000
But I can't do it by myself.

390
00:19:10,034 --> 00:19:11,689
I need some friends
to come on out here

391
00:19:11,724 --> 00:19:13,137
and sing it with me.
Come on, boo boo.

392
00:19:13,172 --> 00:19:16,724
Come on, y'all. Whoo!

393
00:19:16,758 --> 00:19:18,758
["That's What Friends Are For"
playing]

394
00:19:27,896 --> 00:19:33,758
♪ And I never thought
I'd feel this way♪

395
00:19:33,793 --> 00:19:36,758
♪ And as far as I'm concerned♪

396
00:19:36,793 --> 00:19:40,551
♪ I'm glad I've got
a chance to say♪

397
00:19:40,586 --> 00:19:44,724
♪ That I do believe I love you♪

398
00:19:44,758 --> 00:19:50,275
♪ And if I should ever go away♪

399
00:19:50,310 --> 00:19:53,586
♪ Well, then close your eyes
and try♪

400
00:19:53,620 --> 00:19:57,310
♪ To feel the way we do today♪

401
00:19:57,344 --> 00:20:03,448
♪ And then if you can remember♪

402
00:20:03,482 --> 00:20:07,655
-Sing, Garth.
-♪ Keep smiling, keep shining♪

403
00:20:07,689 --> 00:20:14,620
♪ Knowing you can always count
on me for sure♪

404
00:20:14,655 --> 00:20:19,275
♪ That's what friends are for♪

405
00:20:19,310 --> 00:20:22,655
♪ In good times, in bad times♪

406
00:20:22,689 --> 00:20:29,793
♪ I'll be on your side
forevermore♪

407
00:20:29,827 --> 00:20:31,827
♪ Oh, that's what friends
are for♪

408
00:20:31,862 --> 00:20:35,413
♪ Are for♪

409
00:20:35,448 --> 00:20:42,206
♪ Gladys, that's what
friends are for.♪

410
00:20:42,241 --> 00:20:44,896
[applause]

411
00:20:50,793 --> 00:20:52,103
Thank you, Gladys Knight.

412
00:20:52,137 --> 00:20:54,689
-[applause]
-Whoo!

413
00:20:54,724 --> 00:20:57,275
Thank you.

414
00:20:59,068 --> 00:21:01,413
We love you, Gladys.

415
00:21:01,448 --> 00:21:03,655
[mouthing]

416
00:21:03,689 --> 00:21:06,034
[applause]

417
00:21:07,655 --> 00:21:09,793
ANNOUNCER: Julia Roberts,
Don Cheadle, Matt Damon

418
00:21:09,827 --> 00:21:11,896
and more lead
a star-studded tribute

419
00:21:11,931 --> 00:21:13,137
to George Clooney.

420
00:21:13,172 --> 00:21:14,551
Plus more thrilling
performances.

421
00:21:14,586 --> 00:21:17,482
The Kennedy Center Honors
will continue.

422
00:21:17,517 --> 00:21:18,517
This is CBS.

423
00:21:23,068 --> 00:21:24,241
One thing I respect most
about George,

424
00:21:24,275 --> 00:21:25,482
and I mean this sincerely,

425
00:21:25,517 --> 00:21:26,551
is his deep empathy.

426
00:21:26,586 --> 00:21:29,689
He is unrelenting and undaunted.

427
00:21:29,724 --> 00:21:32,103
That's character, in real life.

428
00:21:32,137 --> 00:21:33,448
And that's George Clooney.

429
00:21:33,482 --> 00:21:36,379
[applause]

430
00:21:36,413 --> 00:21:38,103
GEORGE CLOONEY:
And I've been lucky enough
to meet,

431
00:21:38,137 --> 00:21:40,034
you know, millions of people

432
00:21:40,068 --> 00:21:43,310
and they all
without exception agree,

433
00:21:43,344 --> 00:21:45,172
"You sucked as Batman."

434
00:21:45,206 --> 00:21:47,448
[laughter]

435
00:21:47,482 --> 00:21:49,655
All together in it.
I mean, it's like

436
00:21:49,689 --> 00:21:53,241
we could solve world problems

437
00:21:53,275 --> 00:21:55,413
if we just all could agree on

438
00:21:55,448 --> 00:21:57,586
more than just that I sucked
at Batman.

439
00:21:57,620 --> 00:21:59,137
[laughter]

440
00:21:59,172 --> 00:22:02,241
ANNOUNCER:
She's one of George Clooney's
favorite costars

441
00:22:02,275 --> 00:22:04,000
and one of his closest friends.

442
00:22:04,034 --> 00:22:05,931
Please welcome Julia Roberts.

443
00:22:05,965 --> 00:22:08,103
[applause]

444
00:22:12,827 --> 00:22:15,068
Wow.

445
00:22:15,103 --> 00:22:17,034
[applause]

446
00:22:17,068 --> 00:22:19,448
This old thing? What?

447
00:22:19,482 --> 00:22:23,137
I'm here for Gladys Knight,
can't you tell?

448
00:22:23,172 --> 00:22:24,827
[laughter]

449
00:22:27,034 --> 00:22:29,310
The Renaissance man.

450
00:22:29,344 --> 00:22:34,379
One who has wide interests
and excels in many fields.

451
00:22:34,413 --> 00:22:36,137
Now, to be a Renaissance man,

452
00:22:36,172 --> 00:22:41,344
it is said one must possess
these six characteristics.

453
00:22:41,379 --> 00:22:43,655
To be knowledgeable,

454
00:22:43,689 --> 00:22:46,068
artistic, physical,

455
00:22:46,103 --> 00:22:48,551
intelligent, social,

456
00:22:48,586 --> 00:22:52,034
and, well, cool.

457
00:22:52,068 --> 00:22:54,379
Now, I've had the great
experience in this life

458
00:22:54,413 --> 00:22:57,344
to meet a lot of deeply
interesting people,

459
00:22:57,379 --> 00:23:01,241
people who are gifted,
who transform space and time

460
00:23:01,275 --> 00:23:03,275
right before your eyes,

461
00:23:03,310 --> 00:23:07,000
who walk the earth
as a kind of poetry.

462
00:23:07,034 --> 00:23:10,068
And I can tell you
in a group of these mentors,

463
00:23:10,103 --> 00:23:12,896
these blessed
and impactful folks,

464
00:23:12,931 --> 00:23:14,896
that my friend George Clooney

465
00:23:14,931 --> 00:23:17,689
is head and shoulders
above the crowd.

466
00:23:17,724 --> 00:23:20,206
[applause]

467
00:23:23,689 --> 00:23:26,758
Maybe it is the small-town
Southern girl in me

468
00:23:26,793 --> 00:23:30,068
that responds to the uniquely
small-town Southern boy

469
00:23:30,103 --> 00:23:34,275
in him, but I've just always
felt that I really see George,

470
00:23:34,310 --> 00:23:36,482
and he really sees me.

471
00:23:36,517 --> 00:23:38,103
He is the best combination

472
00:23:38,137 --> 00:23:40,482
of gentleman and playmate.

473
00:23:40,517 --> 00:23:42,034
Over the years,

474
00:23:42,068 --> 00:23:47,241
I've come to realize that George
and I agree on most things.

475
00:23:47,275 --> 00:23:50,413
Music, what old movies
we treasure,

476
00:23:50,448 --> 00:23:52,103
which one of us is funnier.

477
00:23:52,137 --> 00:23:53,862
[laughter]

478
00:23:55,517 --> 00:23:57,413
[laughter]

479
00:23:57,448 --> 00:23:59,586
And the great satisfaction

480
00:23:59,620 --> 00:24:03,482
of sitting down at a bar
for a drink, for a conversation,

481
00:24:03,517 --> 00:24:06,137
to learn, to connect with
the world and each other,

482
00:24:06,172 --> 00:24:09,413
to share time and hold space
with friends

483
00:24:09,448 --> 00:24:11,931
in an almost sacred way.

484
00:24:11,965 --> 00:24:14,862
In a bar like this.

485
00:24:14,896 --> 00:24:16,655
♪

486
00:24:16,689 --> 00:24:20,448
This is exactly the type of bar
that George loves.

487
00:24:20,482 --> 00:24:24,379
Warm, cozy, and with
the people that he loves,

488
00:24:24,413 --> 00:24:25,931
that love him.

489
00:24:25,965 --> 00:24:27,310
Here we are.

490
00:24:27,344 --> 00:24:32,310
In this bar, George,
all of our friends are here.

491
00:24:32,344 --> 00:24:34,344
I'm Dianne Reeves,

492
00:24:34,379 --> 00:24:38,413
and this is the kind of place
I like to perform in.

493
00:24:38,448 --> 00:24:40,793
And this is a song I did

494
00:24:40,827 --> 00:24:44,689
for George Clooney's
Good Night and Good Luck.

495
00:24:45,689 --> 00:24:47,758
["How High the Moon" playing]

496
00:24:47,793 --> 00:24:54,172
♪ Somewhere there's music♪

497
00:24:56,275 --> 00:25:01,068
♪ How faint the tune♪

498
00:25:01,103 --> 00:25:05,655
♪ Somewhere there's heaven♪

499
00:25:07,724 --> 00:25:14,413
♪ How high the moon♪

500
00:25:14,448 --> 00:25:18,827
♪ There is no moon above♪

501
00:25:18,862 --> 00:25:25,379
♪ When love is far away too♪

502
00:25:25,413 --> 00:25:31,137
♪ Until it comes true♪

503
00:25:31,172 --> 00:25:37,034
♪ That you love me
as I love you♪

504
00:25:37,068 --> 00:25:43,689
♪ Somewhere it's music♪

505
00:25:43,724 --> 00:25:49,172
♪ It's where you are♪

506
00:25:49,206 --> 00:25:54,448
♪ Somewhere there's heaven♪

507
00:25:54,482 --> 00:26:01,172
♪ How near, how far♪

508
00:26:01,206 --> 00:26:04,827
♪ The darkest night
would shine♪

509
00:26:04,862 --> 00:26:11,482
♪ If you would come to me soon♪

510
00:26:12,931 --> 00:26:21,758
♪ Until you will,
how still my heart♪

511
00:26:21,793 --> 00:26:27,103
♪ How high♪

512
00:26:27,137 --> 00:26:32,586
♪ The moon♪

513
00:26:32,620 --> 00:26:38,413
♪ Yeah.♪

514
00:26:38,448 --> 00:26:40,586
[applause]

515
00:26:45,103 --> 00:26:47,103
-[cheering]
-Thank you.

516
00:26:47,137 --> 00:26:49,862
And a special thanks

517
00:26:49,896 --> 00:26:54,413
to the man without whom George
would not be here,

518
00:26:54,448 --> 00:26:56,931
his dad, Nick Clooney.

519
00:26:56,965 --> 00:26:58,965
-Mwah!
-[applause]

520
00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:01,241
-Thank you so much.
-[applause]

521
00:27:01,275 --> 00:27:02,241
Thank you.

522
00:27:02,275 --> 00:27:04,896
So much.

523
00:27:04,931 --> 00:27:07,103
[Nick chuckles]

524
00:27:07,137 --> 00:27:10,517
It was 1968.

525
00:27:10,551 --> 00:27:12,551
Bad year for our country.

526
00:27:12,586 --> 00:27:16,034
I was hosting a TV show

527
00:27:16,068 --> 00:27:20,517
when Dr. King
was murdered in Memphis.

528
00:27:20,551 --> 00:27:25,724
And I was writing some remarks
for my show

529
00:27:25,758 --> 00:27:29,689
when my family joined
me in the green room.

530
00:27:29,724 --> 00:27:35,551
Seven-year-old George had
a large paper bag in his hand.

531
00:27:35,586 --> 00:27:39,758
I asked him what in the world
was in the bag?

532
00:27:39,793 --> 00:27:41,517
Well, he went to
the coffee table.

533
00:27:41,551 --> 00:27:46,896
He turned the bag upside down.

534
00:27:46,931 --> 00:27:52,827
Out poured all of his toy guns,

535
00:27:52,862 --> 00:27:55,448
landing with a clatter.

536
00:27:55,482 --> 00:28:01,862
And he said, "Pop,
I don't want these anymore.

537
00:28:01,896 --> 00:28:05,103
None of them. Never."

538
00:28:05,137 --> 00:28:09,137
Well, I tore up my speech.

539
00:28:09,172 --> 00:28:14,068
Nothing I would have written
would've been nearly as eloquent

540
00:28:14,103 --> 00:28:17,758
as what George had just
done and said.

541
00:28:17,793 --> 00:28:24,586
He has never stopped from
that day to this, surprising me.

542
00:28:24,620 --> 00:28:28,275
Never stopped growing.
Never stopped learning.

543
00:28:28,310 --> 00:28:32,931
And George's best
and most important work

544
00:28:32,965 --> 00:28:36,137
is still ahead of him.

545
00:28:36,172 --> 00:28:38,586
-[applause]
-If I didn't mention it,

546
00:28:38,620 --> 00:28:42,000
I was and I am,

547
00:28:42,034 --> 00:28:44,896
and I will always be

548
00:28:44,931 --> 00:28:50,862
very proud to be
the father of George Clooney.

549
00:28:50,896 --> 00:28:52,689
[applause]

550
00:29:03,241 --> 00:29:05,517
I'm Richard Kind.

551
00:29:05,551 --> 00:29:07,482
I first met George
over 30 years ago.

552
00:29:07,517 --> 00:29:10,758
We played brothers
on a failed sitcom pilot.

553
00:29:10,793 --> 00:29:14,034
Now, at the time,
I was such a good actor

554
00:29:14,068 --> 00:29:17,206
that I was the handsome brother.

555
00:29:17,241 --> 00:29:20,448
-[laughter]
-But through tenacity
and hard work,

556
00:29:20,482 --> 00:29:25,034
George became handsomer
and ultimately a movie star.

557
00:29:25,068 --> 00:29:27,896
I decided to go
in a different direction.

558
00:29:27,931 --> 00:29:29,517
[laughter]

559
00:29:29,551 --> 00:29:31,758
Now, getting to be
a classic movie star

560
00:29:31,793 --> 00:29:33,275
didn't happen overnight.

561
00:29:33,310 --> 00:29:36,413
His meteoric rise
took about 15 years

562
00:29:36,448 --> 00:29:38,448
and he was saddled
with such movies as

563
00:29:38,482 --> 00:29:41,689
Grizzly II,
Return to Horror High,

564
00:29:41,724 --> 00:29:45,275
Combat Highand
Return of the Killer Tomatoes.

565
00:29:45,310 --> 00:29:46,965
[laughter]

566
00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:48,655
But I contend

567
00:29:48,689 --> 00:29:51,655
that George Clooney would not
be the man he is today

568
00:29:51,689 --> 00:29:54,068
if he had not taken
that journey.

569
00:29:54,103 --> 00:29:58,586
The man and the actor
were prepared for success.

570
00:29:58,620 --> 00:30:01,344
Now, he and I used to
watch old movies.

571
00:30:01,379 --> 00:30:06,034
The actor that he always loved
was Spencer Tracy.

572
00:30:06,068 --> 00:30:08,862
And the performance that always
hit home for George

573
00:30:08,896 --> 00:30:11,689
was-was Spencer Tracy
in the movie

574
00:30:11,724 --> 00:30:13,517
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.

575
00:30:13,551 --> 00:30:17,034
Because in the final scene
he looks straight

576
00:30:17,068 --> 00:30:19,551
into the actor's eyes,
who he's talking to,

577
00:30:19,586 --> 00:30:23,793
and he simply tells the truth.

578
00:30:23,827 --> 00:30:27,620
He says to
the interracial couple, quote,

579
00:30:27,655 --> 00:30:32,344
"If you two feel for each other

580
00:30:32,379 --> 00:30:35,724
"half of what I felt
for my wife...

581
00:30:36,965 --> 00:30:38,517
...it's everything."

582
00:30:40,103 --> 00:30:43,034
Everything that you are, George,

583
00:30:43,068 --> 00:30:48,034
the actor, the producer,
the writer, the director,

584
00:30:48,068 --> 00:30:51,551
is embodied
in that final speech.

585
00:30:51,586 --> 00:30:53,379
The truth of the moment.

586
00:30:53,413 --> 00:30:58,103
The inherent liberal goodness
of humanity.

587
00:30:58,137 --> 00:31:03,103
An unshakable morality delivered
in quality entertainment.

588
00:31:03,137 --> 00:31:07,413
Because that is George Clooney,
the artist.

589
00:31:07,448 --> 00:31:13,620
And that is George Clooney,
the man.

590
00:31:13,655 --> 00:31:15,655
[applause]

591
00:31:18,103 --> 00:31:21,310
Now, let's take a look
at a film about

592
00:31:21,344 --> 00:31:24,000
my great friend George Clooney
narrated by another one of his

593
00:31:24,034 --> 00:31:26,862
great friends, Brad Pitt.

594
00:31:26,896 --> 00:31:29,206
[applause]

595
00:31:31,241 --> 00:31:33,344
BRAD PITT:
If you're George Clooney,

596
00:31:33,379 --> 00:31:34,862
it's all about choices.

597
00:31:34,896 --> 00:31:37,379
The decisions to move
through life

598
00:31:37,413 --> 00:31:39,827
always reaching for the
things that stretch you,

599
00:31:39,862 --> 00:31:42,448
the roles that challenge you,
and the moments that show you

600
00:31:42,482 --> 00:31:44,034
who you want to become.

601
00:31:44,068 --> 00:31:46,344
♪ A man we pass...♪

602
00:31:46,379 --> 00:31:47,896
-I'm Frank.
-It's Jack.

603
00:31:47,931 --> 00:31:49,000
Dodge Connelly.

604
00:31:49,034 --> 00:31:50,344
I'm Sergeant First Class
Lyn Cassady.

605
00:31:50,379 --> 00:31:51,551
-Matt King.
-Michael Clayton.

606
00:31:51,586 --> 00:31:53,344
-Dr. Ross.
-Daniel Ocean.

607
00:31:53,379 --> 00:31:55,310
♪ And when I looked at you♪

608
00:31:55,344 --> 00:31:57,344
PITT: George's choices
taught him to take control

609
00:31:57,379 --> 00:31:59,000
of his own career.

610
00:31:59,034 --> 00:32:00,689
I just have
some unfinished business.

611
00:32:00,724 --> 00:32:01,793
PITT:
To always know who he is.

612
00:32:01,827 --> 00:32:04,689
And the roles he wanted to take.

613
00:32:04,724 --> 00:32:07,517
The guy who will take it
for the kid.

614
00:32:07,551 --> 00:32:10,068
Action stars.

615
00:32:10,103 --> 00:32:11,379
Leading men.

616
00:32:11,413 --> 00:32:12,689
I knew what I was doing.

617
00:32:12,724 --> 00:32:13,965
PITT:
Heroes.

618
00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:15,172
This is why Superman
works alone.

619
00:32:15,206 --> 00:32:17,034
PITT:
He's shown his willingness

620
00:32:17,068 --> 00:32:18,724
to get beaten up
for the right reasons.

621
00:32:18,758 --> 00:32:21,620
-Ah! Not until later.
-Sorry, Danny.

622
00:32:21,655 --> 00:32:22,931
I-I forgot.

623
00:32:22,965 --> 00:32:24,068
It's all right.

624
00:32:24,103 --> 00:32:27,379
-Choices come with risk.
-Okay.

625
00:32:27,413 --> 00:32:30,241
PITT:
But for George, they've come
with great reward.

626
00:32:30,275 --> 00:32:32,517
They've enabled him to
consistently grow as an artist.

627
00:32:32,551 --> 00:32:35,551
To direct his own films.

628
00:32:35,586 --> 00:32:38,241
To create characters who show
the same human progression.

629
00:32:38,275 --> 00:32:39,965
You're either in or you're out.

630
00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:41,517
PITT:
And to make art that
makes us think

631
00:32:41,551 --> 00:32:44,172
and helps us grow.

632
00:32:44,206 --> 00:32:47,413
Films that leave us
contemplating the wonder

633
00:32:47,448 --> 00:32:49,241
of our very existence.

634
00:32:49,275 --> 00:32:51,931
Got to admit one thing.

635
00:32:51,965 --> 00:32:53,931
Can't beat the view.

636
00:32:55,344 --> 00:32:58,103
PITT:
George's consciousness
and his personal responsibility,

637
00:32:58,137 --> 00:33:01,827
abiding passion
and deep convictions

638
00:33:01,862 --> 00:33:03,275
has led him to other choices.

639
00:33:03,310 --> 00:33:05,103
NEWSMAN: George Clooney,
a human rights activist...

640
00:33:05,137 --> 00:33:06,448
NEWSMAN 2: Highly
respected film director...

641
00:33:06,482 --> 00:33:07,965
NEWSWOMAN:
A longtime advocate...

642
00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:09,586
NEWSMAN 3: George Clooney
was arrested today...

643
00:33:09,620 --> 00:33:11,620
PITT: Choices that have
led him beyond the screen

644
00:33:11,655 --> 00:33:15,310
and into the daily lives
of millions.

645
00:33:17,137 --> 00:33:19,000
George has said
that his biggest fear

646
00:33:19,034 --> 00:33:22,034
is doing the same thing
ten years from now.

647
00:33:22,068 --> 00:33:24,310
For him,
that would be a failure.

648
00:33:24,344 --> 00:33:26,965
Which is why he says
he is constantly reassessing,

649
00:33:27,000 --> 00:33:29,310
continually asking himself
what he is going to do next

650
00:33:29,344 --> 00:33:33,862
to make it a good, long,
full journey.

651
00:33:33,896 --> 00:33:35,758
-All right, you ready?
-PITT: Whatever his choices

652
00:33:35,793 --> 00:33:37,482
in years to come, they will

653
00:33:37,517 --> 00:33:41,448
continue to contribute
to his greatest role ever:

654
00:33:41,482 --> 00:33:44,689
being George Clooney.

655
00:33:47,965 --> 00:33:49,965
[applause]

656
00:33:58,551 --> 00:34:02,379
Hi. I'm Matt Damon.

657
00:34:02,413 --> 00:34:05,034
And I can no longer read the
teleprompter without glasses.

658
00:34:05,068 --> 00:34:07,034
[laughter]

659
00:34:09,068 --> 00:34:12,103
It has been said
that my friend George Clooney

660
00:34:12,137 --> 00:34:16,103
is the last of
the true movie stars, so...

661
00:34:16,137 --> 00:34:19,275
I got to thinking about
what exactly that meant.

662
00:34:19,310 --> 00:34:21,793
Of course, a number of past
Kennedy Center Honorees

663
00:34:21,827 --> 00:34:24,068
have certainly been movie stars
in that classic sense,

664
00:34:24,103 --> 00:34:26,620
actors with class
and sophistication.

665
00:34:26,655 --> 00:34:29,310
Cary Grant and Henry Fonda,

666
00:34:29,344 --> 00:34:32,000
Paul Newman, Gregory Peck.

667
00:34:32,034 --> 00:34:33,275
And then I think of George,

668
00:34:33,310 --> 00:34:36,068
uh, a man who once defecated

669
00:34:36,103 --> 00:34:38,275
in Richard Kind's
kitty litter box as a joke.

670
00:34:38,310 --> 00:34:40,310
[laughter]

671
00:34:45,241 --> 00:34:48,413
A man who once stole
Bill Clinton's stationery

672
00:34:48,448 --> 00:34:50,241
and wrote fake notes to actors

673
00:34:50,275 --> 00:34:52,965
saying how much the president
loved their movies.

674
00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:55,137
[laughter]

675
00:34:55,172 --> 00:34:57,620
And, George, I know a lot
of people think you have

676
00:34:57,655 --> 00:34:59,344
movie star looks,
but let's be honest,

677
00:34:59,379 --> 00:35:01,655
it takes a village
to style a star

678
00:35:01,689 --> 00:35:04,241
and to be Peoplemagazine's
Sexiest Man Alive.

679
00:35:04,275 --> 00:35:06,758
I've been there. Those experts
can transform anyone.

680
00:35:06,793 --> 00:35:07,931
Even this guy.

681
00:35:07,965 --> 00:35:08,931
There he is.

682
00:35:08,965 --> 00:35:11,344
[laughter]

683
00:35:11,379 --> 00:35:12,931
[laughing]

684
00:35:12,965 --> 00:35:15,413
Yeah, Amal, so that's
George Clooney. That is...

685
00:35:15,448 --> 00:35:16,931
[laughter]

686
00:35:16,965 --> 00:35:18,586
...the Sexiest Man Alive

687
00:35:18,620 --> 00:35:20,413
and you married him,
congratulations.

688
00:35:20,448 --> 00:35:21,931
[laughter]

689
00:35:21,965 --> 00:35:25,034
But let's go beyond the haircut,
if we possibly can...

690
00:35:25,068 --> 00:35:26,344
[laughter]

691
00:35:26,379 --> 00:35:28,551
...and talk about George's work.

692
00:35:28,586 --> 00:35:30,689
The Kennedy Center Honor
went to Gregory Peck

693
00:35:30,724 --> 00:35:33,034
for playing Atticus Finch,

694
00:35:33,068 --> 00:35:35,896
it went to Henry Fonda
for playing Tom Joad,

695
00:35:35,931 --> 00:35:37,793
and George...

696
00:35:37,827 --> 00:35:40,724
[laughter]

697
00:35:40,758 --> 00:35:44,000
George was everyone's
sixth favorite Batman.

698
00:35:44,034 --> 00:35:45,551
[laughter]

699
00:35:45,586 --> 00:35:48,413
[chuckles]
George, I would never

700
00:35:48,448 --> 00:35:50,689
call you the last true
movie star.

701
00:35:50,724 --> 00:35:53,000
Because that would diminish you.

702
00:35:53,034 --> 00:35:56,241
You are one of the most talented
people I have ever met

703
00:35:56,275 --> 00:35:58,793
across multiple disciplines.

704
00:35:58,827 --> 00:36:02,034
And here's the thing:
if you said to people

705
00:36:02,068 --> 00:36:04,413
that George worked
with 20 years ago

706
00:36:04,448 --> 00:36:07,172
that in two decades
he'd have two Academy Awards,

707
00:36:07,206 --> 00:36:10,344
he'd be nominated for Oscars
in six different categories,

708
00:36:10,379 --> 00:36:13,448
and we'd all be in black tie
in this beautiful venue

709
00:36:13,482 --> 00:36:16,344
watching him receive
the Kennedy Center Honor,

710
00:36:16,379 --> 00:36:20,034
absolutely none of us
would've been surprised.

711
00:36:20,068 --> 00:36:22,068
George, it's been a privilege
to work with you

712
00:36:22,103 --> 00:36:24,724
on the hits and the misses.

713
00:36:24,758 --> 00:36:26,862
And it's a privilege
to call you my friend.

714
00:36:26,896 --> 00:36:28,379
But still there is this.

715
00:36:28,413 --> 00:36:29,896
There is this, so...

716
00:36:29,931 --> 00:36:31,034
[laughter]

717
00:36:31,068 --> 00:36:34,517
Congratulations. I love you.

718
00:36:34,551 --> 00:36:35,724
Don Cheadle.

719
00:36:35,758 --> 00:36:37,758
[applause]

720
00:36:47,241 --> 00:36:50,137
ERmade George a TV star.

721
00:36:50,172 --> 00:36:52,103
Out of Sightmade him
a movie star.

722
00:36:52,137 --> 00:36:54,482
But it's his passion
for bettering society

723
00:36:54,517 --> 00:36:57,206
that led him to what I think
is his most important legacy:

724
00:36:57,241 --> 00:36:59,379
his charity work, his advocacy,

725
00:36:59,413 --> 00:37:01,206
and his humanitarianism.

726
00:37:01,241 --> 00:37:03,689
For over a decade, George
has worked to bring attention

727
00:37:03,724 --> 00:37:06,034
to the genocide
and refugee crisis in Darfur,

728
00:37:06,068 --> 00:37:09,275
and it's been a source
of both hope and despair

729
00:37:09,310 --> 00:37:10,586
as you watch even today

730
00:37:10,620 --> 00:37:12,862
the struggles for the planet's
newest country

731
00:37:12,896 --> 00:37:14,793
to achieve peace and liberty.

732
00:37:14,827 --> 00:37:16,034
George has been tireless

733
00:37:16,068 --> 00:37:17,068
in raising money
for the organization,

734
00:37:17,103 --> 00:37:18,344
Not On Our Watch.

735
00:37:18,379 --> 00:37:21,689
As well as
the Satellite Sentinel Project.

736
00:37:21,724 --> 00:37:24,034
And it goes beyond just
writing a check for George,

737
00:37:24,068 --> 00:37:27,068
who doesn't just talk the talk,
but he walks the walk.

738
00:37:27,103 --> 00:37:29,793
George also embarked on one of

739
00:37:29,827 --> 00:37:32,689
the wisest collaborations
of his life when he and Amal

740
00:37:32,724 --> 00:37:35,586
decided to tie the knot,
and start a family,

741
00:37:35,620 --> 00:37:37,793
something that many of us
thought we would never see

742
00:37:37,827 --> 00:37:39,137
and he would never have
the wherewithal

743
00:37:39,172 --> 00:37:40,068
or the good sense to do.

744
00:37:40,103 --> 00:37:41,172
[laughter]

745
00:37:41,206 --> 00:37:43,206
And now not only does the world

746
00:37:43,241 --> 00:37:46,379
have a couple more little
Clooneys to chase around,

747
00:37:46,413 --> 00:37:48,137
but we also thankfully have

748
00:37:48,172 --> 00:37:51,241
their Clooney Foundation
for Justice.

749
00:37:51,275 --> 00:37:52,586
And this past September,

750
00:37:52,620 --> 00:37:54,689
I was proud to throw in
with George once again

751
00:37:54,724 --> 00:37:56,896
cofounding a school
in Los Angeles,

752
00:37:56,931 --> 00:37:59,448
the Roybal Film
and Television Magnet,

753
00:37:59,482 --> 00:38:02,482
aimed at infusing talented
inner city youth directly

754
00:38:02,517 --> 00:38:04,413
into the entertainment industry.

755
00:38:04,448 --> 00:38:08,827
George, you truly are a man
of peace, an inspiration,

756
00:38:08,862 --> 00:38:10,689
one of my ride-or-dies,

757
00:38:10,724 --> 00:38:13,655
and, uh, you proved that saints
aren't just in heaven,

758
00:38:13,689 --> 00:38:16,655
they can also be found in a bar.

759
00:38:16,689 --> 00:38:17,655
[applause]

760
00:38:17,689 --> 00:38:19,379
Last call.

761
00:38:19,413 --> 00:38:20,379
[applause]

762
00:38:20,413 --> 00:38:22,413
♪

763
00:38:27,931 --> 00:38:30,517
You are a giant.

764
00:38:30,551 --> 00:38:33,517
You are a beacon truly leading
all who know you

765
00:38:33,551 --> 00:38:36,689
to a happier,
more fulfilling path.

766
00:38:36,724 --> 00:38:38,965
You are our Renaissance man.

767
00:38:39,000 --> 00:38:42,827
And what a joy to see you
honored in this way tonight.

768
00:38:42,862 --> 00:38:44,586
We love you.

769
00:38:44,620 --> 00:38:46,379
[applause]

770
00:38:47,862 --> 00:38:51,103
[cheering]

771
00:38:52,172 --> 00:38:53,586
[applause continues]

772
00:38:53,620 --> 00:38:54,586
Cheers.

773
00:38:54,620 --> 00:38:56,862
Cheers, cheers.

774
00:38:56,896 --> 00:38:59,758
-♪
-To George.

775
00:38:59,793 --> 00:39:02,551
[applause, cheering]

776
00:39:07,413 --> 00:39:08,758
ANNOUNCER:
Our tribute to Amy Grant

777
00:39:08,793 --> 00:39:10,103
featuring Sheryl Crow,

778
00:39:10,137 --> 00:39:13,000
Katie Couric,
and The Highwomen is next.

779
00:39:13,034 --> 00:39:15,689
Plus later, a special guest
from overseas

780
00:39:15,724 --> 00:39:18,068
and Sean Penn celebrate U2.

781
00:39:18,103 --> 00:39:19,103
The Kennedy Center Honors.
This is CBS.

782
00:39:29,034 --> 00:39:31,172
ANNOUNCER:
Please welcome the chairman
of the Kennedy Center,

783
00:39:31,206 --> 00:39:34,000
David Rubenstein.

784
00:39:34,034 --> 00:39:36,000
Since its creation
over 50 years ago,

785
00:39:36,034 --> 00:39:38,034
the Kennedy Center
has remained true

786
00:39:38,068 --> 00:39:41,689
to its mission of making the
arts accessible to all Americans

787
00:39:41,724 --> 00:39:45,103
and serving as a leader in our
nation's arts education.

788
00:39:45,137 --> 00:39:47,000
And honoring President Kennedy's
vision

789
00:39:47,034 --> 00:39:50,034
of the role that the arts
can serve in our society.

790
00:39:50,068 --> 00:39:52,034
Uniting us, inspiring us,
and reflecting

791
00:39:52,068 --> 00:39:55,344
the magnificent diversity
of the American people.

792
00:39:55,379 --> 00:39:58,103
President Kennedy believed
that art is a form of truth,

793
00:39:58,137 --> 00:40:01,931
and attests to the very quality
of a nation's civilization.

794
00:40:01,965 --> 00:40:04,137
The arts, their essential truth,

795
00:40:04,172 --> 00:40:06,827
and the legacy of these artists
raise our spirits,

796
00:40:06,862 --> 00:40:08,241
bring us together,

797
00:40:08,275 --> 00:40:11,034
and help define that by
which our society is remembered.

798
00:40:11,068 --> 00:40:12,310
It is the reason we honor

799
00:40:12,344 --> 00:40:14,862
this year's
Kennedy Center Honors recipients

800
00:40:14,896 --> 00:40:18,000
and their unique talents
that have enriched us all--

801
00:40:18,034 --> 00:40:20,310
individually,
and enriched our nation.

802
00:40:20,344 --> 00:40:23,620
We are thankful to CBS,
to all of you here tonight,

803
00:40:23,655 --> 00:40:25,310
and to the millions
watching at home

804
00:40:25,344 --> 00:40:27,344
for your support of the arts.

805
00:40:27,379 --> 00:40:29,862
[applause]

806
00:40:32,448 --> 00:40:33,827
JOE BIDEN:
Amy Grant.

807
00:40:33,862 --> 00:40:38,931
Amy calls music
a soul-enlarging experience.

808
00:40:38,965 --> 00:40:42,137
Her voice is a true gift of God
that she shares with everyone.

809
00:40:42,172 --> 00:40:44,172
[applause]

810
00:40:45,551 --> 00:40:49,344
I look at my life
and how I see myself,

811
00:40:49,379 --> 00:40:52,689
I just kind of feel like
a little flat garden hose.

812
00:40:52,724 --> 00:40:55,379
And in the morning, I wake up
and I go, "Well...

813
00:40:55,413 --> 00:40:57,655
"you're just gonna shower
on the world whatever you stick

814
00:40:57,689 --> 00:40:59,241
the other end of your hose in."

815
00:40:59,275 --> 00:41:02,241
[laughter]

816
00:41:02,275 --> 00:41:04,655
ANNOUNCER:
And now, award-winning
journalist and producer,

817
00:41:04,689 --> 00:41:06,724
Katie Couric.

818
00:41:06,758 --> 00:41:09,896
[applause]

819
00:41:09,931 --> 00:41:13,551
For Amy Grant,
it all started in church.

820
00:41:13,586 --> 00:41:16,620
It's where the faith that
is the bedrock of her life

821
00:41:16,655 --> 00:41:18,448
and career took root.

822
00:41:18,482 --> 00:41:21,586
And it's where she returns
time and again,

823
00:41:21,620 --> 00:41:23,827
for guidance and inspiration.

824
00:41:23,862 --> 00:41:25,793
When a tape she made
of her music

825
00:41:25,827 --> 00:41:28,482
was discovered by a producer
at Word Records,

826
00:41:28,517 --> 00:41:29,862
a Christian label,

827
00:41:29,896 --> 00:41:32,103
she was offered
a recording contract

828
00:41:32,137 --> 00:41:36,068
just five weeks shy
of her 16th birthday.

829
00:41:36,103 --> 00:41:38,758
Ever since, with simple tools--

830
00:41:38,793 --> 00:41:44,310
a pen and a guitar and that
clear, sweet, comforting voice--

831
00:41:44,344 --> 00:41:49,551
she has moved and uplifted us,
offering the perfect elixir

832
00:41:49,586 --> 00:41:52,758
for troubled times
and troubled souls.

833
00:41:52,793 --> 00:41:54,413
I've been the fortunate
recipient

834
00:41:54,448 --> 00:41:56,172
of her wisdom and grace because

835
00:41:56,206 --> 00:41:58,965
part of Amy's generous spirit
means sharing

836
00:41:59,000 --> 00:42:01,000
the lessons she has learned:

837
00:42:01,034 --> 00:42:04,275
about how she and her wonderful
husband Vince Gill

838
00:42:04,310 --> 00:42:06,896
blended their families,
about loving

839
00:42:06,931 --> 00:42:09,689
and supporting your kids
as they grow up,

840
00:42:09,724 --> 00:42:13,517
and loving and supporting
your parents as they grow old.

841
00:42:13,551 --> 00:42:15,275
I'm sure her practical advice

842
00:42:15,310 --> 00:42:18,448
has helped countless people
looking for guidance.

843
00:42:18,482 --> 00:42:21,896
Sure, Amy has sold 30 million
albums worldwide

844
00:42:21,931 --> 00:42:23,482
and won six Grammys,

845
00:42:23,517 --> 00:42:28,448
but she has never lost sight of
the things that really matter:

846
00:42:28,482 --> 00:42:30,655
faith and family.

847
00:42:30,689 --> 00:42:33,206
Take if from the people
who at times, I'm sure,

848
00:42:33,241 --> 00:42:37,413
have been among her
toughest critics: her kids.

849
00:42:37,448 --> 00:42:41,034
She loves her family,
our family so deeply.

850
00:42:41,068 --> 00:42:46,206
She takes from family
and uses that for her songs.

851
00:42:46,241 --> 00:42:48,517
SARAH:
Family ties run so deep with her

852
00:42:48,551 --> 00:42:52,241
and I think that's a human
quality that is so relatable.

853
00:42:52,275 --> 00:42:56,689
She's able to relate to
a single mom, a blended family.

854
00:42:56,724 --> 00:43:00,379
JENNY:
Amy's a trailblazer.
She has an idea and she does it.

855
00:43:00,413 --> 00:43:01,862
I love that energy about her.

856
00:43:01,896 --> 00:43:05,000
♪ It takes a little time
sometimes♪

857
00:43:05,034 --> 00:43:09,620
She doesn't say my way is right
and your way is wrong.

858
00:43:09,655 --> 00:43:14,172
It's faith-based, she sings
about everybody being welcome

859
00:43:14,206 --> 00:43:16,206
and spreading love and kindness

860
00:43:16,241 --> 00:43:19,344
and it's not preachy.

861
00:43:19,379 --> 00:43:21,310
She just kept doing
what was honest for her.

862
00:43:21,344 --> 00:43:23,551
At age 25, she's one
of the biggest selling

863
00:43:23,586 --> 00:43:25,034
gospel artists of all time.

864
00:43:25,068 --> 00:43:26,827
But she's different
to say the least.

865
00:43:26,862 --> 00:43:29,206
She's probably the first artist
to dance onstage

866
00:43:29,241 --> 00:43:31,413
in leather pants, no shoes,
and a leopard-skin jacket

867
00:43:31,448 --> 00:43:34,034
while singing about Jesus.

868
00:43:34,068 --> 00:43:37,344
♪ Every heartbeat
belongs to you♪

869
00:43:37,379 --> 00:43:41,413
My mom venturing into new genres
and moving more

870
00:43:41,448 --> 00:43:44,275
in the pop direction just
allowed her to reach more people

871
00:43:44,310 --> 00:43:45,931
which I think
is a beautiful thing.

872
00:43:45,965 --> 00:43:50,310
I was in middle school when
her pop crossover happened.

873
00:43:50,344 --> 00:43:53,206
And all my girlfriends
in the neighborhood

874
00:43:53,241 --> 00:43:54,862
were obsessed with Amy Grant.

875
00:43:54,896 --> 00:43:56,068
I'd listen to her music
with them

876
00:43:56,103 --> 00:43:58,586
and now I'm singing live
with her.

877
00:43:58,620 --> 00:44:02,275
♪ Lead me on, lead me on♪

878
00:44:02,310 --> 00:44:04,275
I think it just felt natural
for her

879
00:44:04,310 --> 00:44:06,241
to include us
in special moments.

880
00:44:06,275 --> 00:44:07,931
We were just a part of her life,

881
00:44:07,965 --> 00:44:09,586
so touring with her,

882
00:44:09,620 --> 00:44:11,965
wherever she went,
we were able to go with her.

883
00:44:12,000 --> 00:44:15,034
We got to get Sarah to smile,
the baby has not smiled.

884
00:44:16,103 --> 00:44:17,448
[laughter]

885
00:44:17,482 --> 00:44:19,620
I suppose, in retrospect,

886
00:44:19,655 --> 00:44:23,034
being that she was a new mother,
I could see how dedicating

887
00:44:23,068 --> 00:44:24,689
"Lead Me On"
to her firstborn kid

888
00:44:24,724 --> 00:44:27,448
might be a little fun bookmark.

889
00:44:27,482 --> 00:44:29,689
♪ Oh, baby, baby,
the stars are shining for you ♪

890
00:44:29,724 --> 00:44:33,413
MILLIE:
It always meant a lot that she
had written it for me,

891
00:44:33,448 --> 00:44:34,931
but I think, you know,
it wasn't until after having

892
00:44:34,965 --> 00:44:41,517
a child that really helped me
to understand how

893
00:44:41,551 --> 00:44:44,620
all-encompassing that type
of love is.

894
00:44:44,655 --> 00:44:47,793
♪ All that I come from♪

895
00:44:47,827 --> 00:44:50,827
"Heirlooms" was one
of the first songs

896
00:44:50,862 --> 00:44:52,965
that I sang and it was a duet.

897
00:44:53,000 --> 00:44:55,241
Just me and my mom
and her playing guitar,

898
00:44:55,275 --> 00:44:56,620
beaming with the joy

899
00:44:56,655 --> 00:45:00,379
that comes from the love
of family that is expressed

900
00:45:00,413 --> 00:45:01,482
in those lyrics.

901
00:45:01,517 --> 00:45:05,586
♪ My precious family♪

902
00:45:05,620 --> 00:45:11,827
♪ Is more than
an heirloom to me.♪

903
00:45:11,862 --> 00:45:13,862
♪

904
00:45:13,896 --> 00:45:16,620
[applause]

905
00:45:16,655 --> 00:45:19,517
ANNOUNCER:
And now, nine-time
Grammy Award-winning singer,

906
00:45:19,551 --> 00:45:22,724
songwriter and musician
Sheryl Crow.

907
00:45:22,758 --> 00:45:25,448
[applause]

908
00:45:27,448 --> 00:45:32,689
Amy, you inspire me
as a musician, as a mom,

909
00:45:32,724 --> 00:45:36,448
and as a great friend.

910
00:45:36,482 --> 00:45:38,482
["Baby, Baby" playing]

911
00:45:41,551 --> 00:45:43,724
♪ Baby, baby♪

912
00:45:43,758 --> 00:45:47,379
♪ I'm taken with the notion♪

913
00:45:47,413 --> 00:45:51,896
♪ To love you with
the sweetest of devotion♪

914
00:45:51,931 --> 00:45:53,103
♪ Baby, baby♪

915
00:45:53,137 --> 00:45:56,724
♪ My tender love
will flow from♪

916
00:45:56,758 --> 00:46:00,896
♪ The bluest sky
to the deepest ocean♪

917
00:46:00,931 --> 00:46:03,034
♪ Stop for a minute♪

918
00:46:03,068 --> 00:46:07,379
♪ Baby, I'm so glad
you're mine♪

919
00:46:07,413 --> 00:46:09,344
♪ Oh, yeah♪

920
00:46:11,068 --> 00:46:15,896
♪ Ever since the day
you put my heart in motion♪

921
00:46:15,931 --> 00:46:20,758
♪ Baby, I realize that there's
just no getting over you♪

922
00:46:20,793 --> 00:46:23,206
♪ Baby, baby♪

923
00:46:30,793 --> 00:46:32,758
♪ Baby, baby♪

924
00:46:32,793 --> 00:46:36,103
♪ In any kind of weather♪

925
00:46:36,137 --> 00:46:40,206
♪ I'm here for you always
and forever♪

926
00:46:40,241 --> 00:46:42,517
♪ Baby, baby♪

927
00:46:42,551 --> 00:46:46,241
♪ No muscle man could sever♪

928
00:46:46,275 --> 00:46:50,034
♪ My love for you is true
and it will never♪

929
00:46:50,068 --> 00:46:52,344
♪ Stop for a minute♪

930
00:46:52,379 --> 00:46:55,862
♪ Baby, I'm so glad
you're mine♪

931
00:46:56,896 --> 00:46:58,241
♪ Yeah♪

932
00:46:59,931 --> 00:47:04,862
♪ Ever since the day
you put my heart in motion♪

933
00:47:04,896 --> 00:47:07,310
♪ Baby, I realize that♪

934
00:47:07,344 --> 00:47:10,344
♪ There's just no getting
over you♪

935
00:47:10,379 --> 00:47:11,965
♪ Baby, baby♪

936
00:47:12,000 --> 00:47:14,724
♪ Always and forever♪

937
00:47:14,758 --> 00:47:17,000
♪ Ooh♪

938
00:47:17,034 --> 00:47:21,965
♪ Baby, I'm so glad
that you're mine♪

939
00:47:22,000 --> 00:47:25,275
♪ Baby, I'm so glad♪

940
00:47:25,310 --> 00:47:29,344
♪ Baby, I'm so glad that.♪

941
00:47:29,379 --> 00:47:31,931
[applause]

942
00:47:38,344 --> 00:47:39,310
ANNOUNCER:
Up next,

943
00:47:39,344 --> 00:47:40,586
our tribute to Amy Grant

944
00:47:40,620 --> 00:47:43,275
continues with BeBe
and CeCe Winans.

945
00:47:43,310 --> 00:47:45,000
Plus stars of opera
and classical music

946
00:47:45,034 --> 00:47:47,310
honor composer Tania León.

947
00:47:47,344 --> 00:47:49,068
The Kennedy Center Honors
will continue.

948
00:47:49,103 --> 00:47:50,103
This is CBS.

949
00:47:57,034 --> 00:47:59,965
ANNOUNCER: Please welcome
The Highwomen's Natalie Hemby.

950
00:48:03,034 --> 00:48:05,000
My father wrote songs for Amy

951
00:48:05,034 --> 00:48:07,137
and my mother has been
her personal assistant

952
00:48:07,172 --> 00:48:09,724
for almost 40 years.

953
00:48:09,758 --> 00:48:12,793
So I grew up watching
her up close.

954
00:48:12,827 --> 00:48:16,379
And I can attest
that she is the kindest

955
00:48:16,413 --> 00:48:19,965
and most real example
of what artistry

956
00:48:20,000 --> 00:48:22,793
anchored in humility
and honesty look like.

957
00:48:22,827 --> 00:48:26,068
In a noisy world,
she is a whisper of welcome.

958
00:48:26,103 --> 00:48:28,275
On behalf of my fellow
Highwomen,

959
00:48:28,310 --> 00:48:31,482
my friends Brandi Carlile,
Maren Morris,

960
00:48:31,517 --> 00:48:33,034
and Amanda Shires,

961
00:48:33,068 --> 00:48:35,103
we would like to thank Amy

962
00:48:35,137 --> 00:48:38,103
for being a porch light
to our crowded table.

963
00:48:40,931 --> 00:48:41,965
Woohoo!

964
00:48:42,000 --> 00:48:44,275
["Somewhere Down the Road"
playing]

965
00:48:44,310 --> 00:48:50,482
♪ So much pain
and no good reason why♪

966
00:48:50,517 --> 00:48:56,620
♪ You've cried
until the tears run dry♪

967
00:48:57,689 --> 00:49:04,206
♪ And nothing here
can make you understand♪

968
00:49:04,241 --> 00:49:09,172
♪ The one thing
that you held so dear♪

969
00:49:09,206 --> 00:49:15,206
♪ Is slipping from your hands♪

970
00:49:15,241 --> 00:49:16,965
♪ And you say♪

971
00:49:17,000 --> 00:49:21,413
♪ Why, why, why♪

972
00:49:21,448 --> 00:49:25,310
♪ Does it go this way?♪

973
00:49:25,344 --> 00:49:29,172
♪ Why, why, why?♪

974
00:49:29,206 --> 00:49:33,689
♪ And all I can say♪

975
00:49:33,724 --> 00:49:36,620
♪ Is somewhere down the road♪

976
00:49:36,655 --> 00:49:40,413
♪ There'll be answers
to the questions♪

977
00:49:40,448 --> 00:49:42,827
♪ Somewhere down the road♪

978
00:49:42,862 --> 00:49:46,172
♪ Though we cannot see it now♪

979
00:49:46,206 --> 00:49:49,724
♪ Somewhere down the road♪

980
00:49:49,758 --> 00:49:56,068
♪ You will find mighty arms
reaching for you♪

981
00:49:56,103 --> 00:49:59,103
♪ And they will hold
the answers♪

982
00:49:59,137 --> 00:50:02,379
♪ At the end of the road♪

983
00:50:08,172 --> 00:50:12,586
♪ Yesterday I thought
I'd seen it all♪

984
00:50:14,758 --> 00:50:19,586
♪ I thought that I had
climbed the highest wall♪

985
00:50:21,551 --> 00:50:28,620
♪ And now I see
the learning never ends♪

986
00:50:28,655 --> 00:50:35,517
♪ And all I know to do
is keep on walking♪

987
00:50:35,551 --> 00:50:40,586
♪ Walking round the bend,
singing♪

988
00:50:40,620 --> 00:50:43,241
♪ Somewhere down the road♪

989
00:50:43,275 --> 00:50:47,172
♪ There'll be answers
to the questions♪

990
00:50:47,206 --> 00:50:50,137
♪ Somewhere down the road♪

991
00:50:50,172 --> 00:50:53,275
♪ Though we cannot see it now♪

992
00:50:53,310 --> 00:50:56,689
♪ Somewhere down the road♪

993
00:50:56,724 --> 00:51:02,655
♪ You will find mighty arms
reaching for you♪

994
00:51:02,689 --> 00:51:05,620
♪ And they will
hold the answers♪

995
00:51:05,655 --> 00:51:11,758
♪ At the end of the road.♪

996
00:51:13,827 --> 00:51:16,275
[applause]

997
00:51:23,068 --> 00:51:24,068
Wow.

998
00:51:26,655 --> 00:51:31,172
Amy is known for being one of
the nicest people in Nashville.

999
00:51:31,206 --> 00:51:35,689
And an exemplar of this
well-worn advice:

1000
00:51:35,724 --> 00:51:38,413
"To thine own self be true."

1001
00:51:38,448 --> 00:51:41,586
And speaking of great
quotations, Amy,

1002
00:51:41,620 --> 00:51:45,758
you once shared the four words
your sweet mom said to you,

1003
00:51:45,793 --> 00:51:47,896
words you've never forgotten:

1004
00:51:47,931 --> 00:51:50,827
"Sing something that matters."

1005
00:51:50,862 --> 00:51:52,655
Well, you've done it.

1006
00:51:52,689 --> 00:51:55,068
And you're still doing it.

1007
00:51:55,103 --> 00:51:57,965
Whether lullabies,
Christmas music--

1008
00:51:58,000 --> 00:52:00,448
my personal favorite
"Grown Up Christmas List"

1009
00:52:00,482 --> 00:52:03,034
always makes me cry--

1010
00:52:03,068 --> 00:52:08,379
ballads, pop songs or hymns,
what you sing, Amy, matters.

1011
00:52:08,413 --> 00:52:11,965
Your music is a constant
reminder of what's important.

1012
00:52:12,000 --> 00:52:16,344
And very simply, that's love.

1013
00:52:16,379 --> 00:52:19,931
And now, Grammy Award-winning
gospel singers

1014
00:52:19,965 --> 00:52:24,655
BeBe and CeCe Winans,
with Michael W. Smith.

1015
00:52:24,689 --> 00:52:26,931
[applause]

1016
00:52:30,827 --> 00:52:32,241
BEBE:
My sister and I

1017
00:52:32,275 --> 00:52:36,689
know a little bit
about family and faith.

1018
00:52:36,724 --> 00:52:38,758
And, Amy, you're the real deal.

1019
00:52:38,793 --> 00:52:43,620
BEBE:
And tonight
she is the reason why

1020
00:52:43,655 --> 00:52:46,034
CeCe and I are here.

1021
00:52:46,068 --> 00:52:49,206
To celebrate your heart.

1022
00:52:50,586 --> 00:52:52,448
Amy, it's been the pleasure
of my life

1023
00:52:52,482 --> 00:52:54,241
to collaborate with you
all these years.

1024
00:52:54,275 --> 00:52:57,275
["Sing Your Praise to the Lord"
playing]

1025
00:53:19,482 --> 00:53:22,482
♪ Sing your praise to the Lord♪

1026
00:53:22,517 --> 00:53:24,034
♪ Come on, everybody♪

1027
00:53:24,068 --> 00:53:26,344
♪ Stand up and sing
one more hallelujah♪

1028
00:53:26,379 --> 00:53:28,310
♪ Give your praise to the Lord♪

1029
00:53:28,344 --> 00:53:29,827
♪ I could never tell ya♪

1030
00:53:29,862 --> 00:53:31,827
♪ Just how much good
that it's gonna do ya♪

1031
00:53:31,862 --> 00:53:35,241
♪ Just to sing a new♪

1032
00:53:35,275 --> 00:53:37,586
♪ Song your heart
learned to sing♪

1033
00:53:37,620 --> 00:53:40,793
♪ When He first gave
His life to you♪

1034
00:53:40,827 --> 00:53:44,241
♪ But life goes on
and so must the song♪

1035
00:53:44,275 --> 00:53:47,034
♪ You gotta sing again♪

1036
00:53:47,068 --> 00:53:49,551
♪ The song born in your soul♪

1037
00:53:49,586 --> 00:53:53,551
♪ When you first gave
your heart to Him♪

1038
00:53:53,586 --> 00:53:54,793
♪ Sing your praises once more♪

1039
00:53:54,827 --> 00:53:58,965
♪ Sing your praise to the Lord♪

1040
00:53:59,000 --> 00:54:02,724
♪ Sing your praises♪

1041
00:54:02,758 --> 00:54:05,655
♪ Sing, sing, sing♪

1042
00:54:05,689 --> 00:54:12,137
♪ Sing♪

1043
00:54:12,172 --> 00:54:17,689
♪ El Shaddai, El Shaddai♪

1044
00:54:17,724 --> 00:54:21,931
♪ El-Elyon na Adonai♪

1045
00:54:21,965 --> 00:54:26,000
♪ Age to age,
You're still the same♪

1046
00:54:26,034 --> 00:54:30,206
♪ By the power of the name♪

1047
00:54:30,241 --> 00:54:33,482
♪ And through the years
You made it clear♪

1048
00:54:33,517 --> 00:54:34,862
♪ So clear♪

1049
00:54:34,896 --> 00:54:39,827
♪ That the time of Christ
was near♪

1050
00:54:39,862 --> 00:54:43,655
♪ Though the people
couldn't see♪

1051
00:54:43,689 --> 00:54:47,586
♪ What Messiah ought to be♪

1052
00:54:47,620 --> 00:54:52,068
♪ Though Your word
contained the plan♪

1053
00:54:52,103 --> 00:54:55,034
♪ They just could
not understand♪

1054
00:54:55,068 --> 00:54:56,689
♪ Understand♪

1055
00:54:56,724 --> 00:55:01,206
♪ Your most awesome work
was done♪

1056
00:55:01,241 --> 00:55:06,862
♪ Through the frailty
of Your son♪

1057
00:55:06,896 --> 00:55:10,827
♪ As we sing, sing, sing♪

1058
00:55:10,862 --> 00:55:12,137
♪ Yeah♪

1059
00:55:12,172 --> 00:55:14,344
♪ Sing, sing, sing♪

1060
00:55:14,379 --> 00:55:17,862
♪ You better sing, sing, sing♪

1061
00:55:17,896 --> 00:55:21,655
♪ Come on and sing, sing, sing♪

1062
00:55:21,689 --> 00:55:24,275
-♪ Don't stop singing♪
-♪ Sing, sing, sing♪

1063
00:55:24,310 --> 00:55:26,551
-♪ Sing, sing♪
-♪ Sing, sing, sing♪

1064
00:55:26,586 --> 00:55:28,655
-♪ Sing, sing♪
-♪ Sing♪

1065
00:55:28,689 --> 00:55:30,827
♪ Hey, ha♪

1066
00:55:30,862 --> 00:55:33,275
♪ So sing your praise
to the Lord♪

1067
00:55:33,310 --> 00:55:34,827
♪ Come on, everybody♪

1068
00:55:34,862 --> 00:55:36,551
♪ Stand up and sing
one more hallelujah♪

1069
00:55:36,586 --> 00:55:38,448
♪ Give your praise to the Lord♪

1070
00:55:38,482 --> 00:55:40,482
♪ I can never tell ya♪

1071
00:55:40,517 --> 00:55:41,689
♪ Just how much good
that it's gonna do ya♪

1072
00:55:41,724 --> 00:55:43,758
♪ Give your praise to the Lord♪

1073
00:55:43,793 --> 00:55:45,275
♪ Come on, everybody♪

1074
00:55:45,310 --> 00:55:47,896
♪ Stand up and sing
one more hallelujah♪

1075
00:55:47,931 --> 00:55:49,724
♪ Give your praise to the Lord♪

1076
00:55:49,758 --> 00:55:52,034
♪ I can never tell ya
just how much good♪

1077
00:55:52,068 --> 00:55:54,241
♪ That it's gonna do ya♪

1078
00:55:54,275 --> 00:55:56,241
♪

1079
00:56:02,551 --> 00:56:07,310
♪ Sing.♪

1080
00:56:07,344 --> 00:56:08,344
[applause]

1081
00:56:08,379 --> 00:56:09,793
We love you, Amy!

1082
00:56:09,827 --> 00:56:10,965
We love you!

1083
00:56:28,000 --> 00:56:30,586
ANNOUNCER: Our tribute
to composer Tania León is next,

1084
00:56:30,620 --> 00:56:33,103
featuring stars of dance,
classical music and opera.

1085
00:56:33,137 --> 00:56:35,310
This is CBS.

1086
00:56:35,344 --> 00:56:37,310
The Kennedy Center Honors--
sponsored by Bounty,

1087
00:56:37,344 --> 00:56:38,344
The Quicker Picker Upper.

1088
00:56:42,862 --> 00:56:44,758
BIDEN:
Tania León,

1089
00:56:44,793 --> 00:56:46,620
she became one of the most
important classical

1090
00:56:46,655 --> 00:56:48,931
composers and conductors
of our time.

1091
00:56:48,965 --> 00:56:50,965
We thank her for breathing
new sounds

1092
00:56:51,000 --> 00:56:52,448
into the soul of the nation.

1093
00:56:52,482 --> 00:56:54,758
[cheering and applause]

1094
00:56:54,793 --> 00:56:58,758
Every time something happens
to me, such as this surprise,

1095
00:56:58,793 --> 00:57:02,482
I invite all my ancestors'
spirits to go with me.

1096
00:57:02,517 --> 00:57:04,896
If I'm gonna write a piece,

1097
00:57:04,931 --> 00:57:06,827
I call my ancestors and say,
"You better help me

1098
00:57:06,862 --> 00:57:09,344
because, I mean, the deadline
is in two weeks."

1099
00:57:09,379 --> 00:57:11,827
-[laughter]
-[applause]

1100
00:57:11,862 --> 00:57:16,448
ANNOUNCER:
Now, please welcome actress and
playwright Anna Deavere Smith.

1101
00:57:17,448 --> 00:57:19,517
[applause]

1102
00:57:19,551 --> 00:57:25,793
Tania León once told me a story
about her grandmother Mamota.

1103
00:57:25,827 --> 00:57:27,103
When Mamota was a little girl

1104
00:57:27,137 --> 00:57:30,310
she had to clean the house
of a wealthy person.

1105
00:57:30,344 --> 00:57:33,793
In one room there was a piano.

1106
00:57:33,827 --> 00:57:37,344
Mamota was told
not to touch the piano.

1107
00:57:37,379 --> 00:57:40,620
She touched it
and she was beaten.

1108
00:57:40,655 --> 00:57:45,586
This story became the seed of
my first produced play Piano.

1109
00:57:45,620 --> 00:57:48,310
I dedicated that play
to Tania León

1110
00:57:48,344 --> 00:57:51,551
and I am excited to be here
tonight to tell you her story.

1111
00:57:51,586 --> 00:57:54,620
It all started with a piano.

1112
00:57:54,655 --> 00:57:56,655
♪

1113
00:58:07,413 --> 00:58:10,793
When Tania was born
in Havana in 1943,

1114
00:58:10,827 --> 00:58:14,310
her grandmother Mamota
held her up to the sun

1115
00:58:14,344 --> 00:58:17,034
for heavenly guidance
and had a vision

1116
00:58:17,068 --> 00:58:21,758
that Tania would travel
far and wide.

1117
00:58:21,793 --> 00:58:24,758
Did her grandmother know then
that the key to Tania's destiny

1118
00:58:24,793 --> 00:58:28,172
could be found at
the local music conservatory?

1119
00:58:29,206 --> 00:58:32,482
It was there Tania
discovered the piano.

1120
00:58:33,517 --> 00:58:35,275
Which would provide the roadmap

1121
00:58:35,310 --> 00:58:38,172
for the life Mamota
had predicted.

1122
00:58:38,206 --> 00:58:42,862
Tania's talent and perfect pitch
were evident immediately.

1123
00:58:42,896 --> 00:58:44,862
LEON:
By the time I was in my teens,

1124
00:58:44,896 --> 00:58:47,344
I had the tendency to rearrange

1125
00:58:47,379 --> 00:58:49,482
every single piece
that I would play.

1126
00:58:49,517 --> 00:58:52,551
SMITH:
She dreamed of pursuing
a career in music

1127
00:58:52,586 --> 00:58:54,241
outside of Cuba.

1128
00:58:55,344 --> 00:59:00,758
On May 29, 1967, she boarded
a freedom flight to America.

1129
00:59:02,310 --> 00:59:07,620
Her passport was canceled
but not her drive to succeed.

1130
00:59:07,655 --> 00:59:10,103
♪

1131
00:59:10,137 --> 00:59:14,034
In New York City,
Tania enrolled at NYU,

1132
00:59:14,068 --> 00:59:17,620
the piano offering comfort
in an unfamiliar place.

1133
00:59:17,655 --> 00:59:19,586
♪

1134
00:59:19,620 --> 00:59:22,068
Her journey continued
to unfold when a classmate

1135
00:59:22,103 --> 00:59:24,379
asked her to fill in
as an accompanist

1136
00:59:24,413 --> 00:59:26,379
for a dance class in Harlem.

1137
00:59:26,413 --> 00:59:30,965
As the dancers assembled,
Tania sat down at the piano

1138
00:59:31,000 --> 00:59:33,551
and the course of her life
changed once again.

1139
00:59:33,586 --> 00:59:35,068
ARTHUR MITCHELL:
She was interested in a job.

1140
00:59:35,103 --> 00:59:37,793
And so I said, "Well, fine,
you know, sit down and play."

1141
00:59:37,827 --> 00:59:41,068
And she touched the keys
and I said, "Oh.

1142
00:59:41,103 --> 00:59:42,965
You're wonderful, you're hired."

1143
00:59:43,000 --> 00:59:44,896
SMITH:
Tania joined
Arthur Mitchell's new venture

1144
00:59:44,931 --> 00:59:49,137
as one of the founding members
of the Dance Theater of Harlem,

1145
00:59:49,172 --> 00:59:52,689
composing some of
the company's pivotal works.

1146
00:59:52,724 --> 00:59:54,724
It was during
their first European tour

1147
00:59:54,758 --> 00:59:56,793
that Tania's journey
branched out onto a new path,

1148
00:59:56,827 --> 01:00:02,172
this time to conducting
the company's orchestra.

1149
01:00:02,206 --> 01:00:03,965
Tania's passion
led her to Tanglewood,

1150
01:00:04,000 --> 01:00:08,344
where Leonard Bernstein
recognized her talents,

1151
01:00:08,379 --> 01:00:11,448
becoming a mentor
and good friend.

1152
01:00:11,482 --> 01:00:14,965
As Mamota had predicted,
Tania was soon traveling

1153
01:00:15,000 --> 01:00:18,172
the globe, conducting
celebrated performances.

1154
01:00:18,206 --> 01:00:21,655
Be very active
because it requires that.

1155
01:00:21,689 --> 01:00:23,896
♪

1156
01:00:23,931 --> 01:00:28,448
SMITH:
Sadly, Tania never saw
Mamota again.

1157
01:00:28,482 --> 01:00:30,586
But when she was finally allowed
to return to Cuba,

1158
01:00:30,620 --> 01:00:32,793
she unlocked the key

1159
01:00:32,827 --> 01:00:35,275
that would propel her
to the artistic heights

1160
01:00:35,310 --> 01:00:38,241
we celebrate tonight.

1161
01:00:38,275 --> 01:00:39,482
LEON:
Give everything that you have

1162
01:00:39,517 --> 01:00:41,517
and then tomorrow give it more.

1163
01:00:42,793 --> 01:00:46,206
[applause]

1164
01:00:47,655 --> 01:00:50,241
Now I'm thrilled to be joined
by composer, activist,

1165
01:00:50,275 --> 01:00:52,862
and classical pianist
Chloe Flower.

1166
01:00:52,896 --> 01:00:55,586
[applause]

1167
01:00:55,620 --> 01:00:59,034
When Tania began letting
the sounds of Cuba in,

1168
01:00:59,068 --> 01:01:01,551
her art became uniquely hers.

1169
01:01:01,586 --> 01:01:04,068
I am honored to have
the chance to perform

1170
01:01:04,103 --> 01:01:08,344
one of those singularly
Tania León pieces for you now.

1171
01:01:08,379 --> 01:01:11,931
Please welcome the Dance Theater
of Harlem to the stage.

1172
01:01:11,965 --> 01:01:13,655
This is "Tumbao."

1173
01:01:13,689 --> 01:01:15,689
[applause]

1174
01:01:23,793 --> 01:01:25,793
♪

1175
01:01:53,862 --> 01:01:55,724
♪

1176
01:02:25,689 --> 01:02:27,689
♪

1177
01:02:56,586 --> 01:02:58,482
♪

1178
01:03:18,172 --> 01:03:19,586
[song ends]

1179
01:03:40,896 --> 01:03:43,827
ANNOUNCER:
Please welcome cellist
Sterling Elliott,

1180
01:03:43,862 --> 01:03:47,103
the Kennedy Center's artistic
director for jazz Jason Moran,

1181
01:03:47,137 --> 01:03:50,655
and mezzo soprano
Alicia Hall Moran.

1182
01:03:52,896 --> 01:03:54,896
["Oh Yemanja" playing]

1183
01:03:57,137 --> 01:04:01,206
♪ Oh♪

1184
01:04:01,241 --> 01:04:05,827
♪ Yemanja♪

1185
01:04:05,862 --> 01:04:10,793
♪ Sister of the clear♪

1186
01:04:10,827 --> 01:04:18,586
♪ Sister of
the once clear waters♪

1187
01:04:18,620 --> 01:04:21,172
♪ Mover of the♪

1188
01:04:21,206 --> 01:04:27,724
♪ Undertows♪

1189
01:04:33,310 --> 01:04:39,413
♪ Your waters are muddied♪

1190
01:04:39,448 --> 01:04:42,862
♪ Your once clear path♪

1191
01:04:42,896 --> 01:04:49,206
♪ Undertows that suck
my household♪

1192
01:04:49,241 --> 01:04:54,758
♪ Down to seabed♪

1193
01:04:55,793 --> 01:05:02,620
♪ I shall not abandon faith♪

1194
01:05:02,655 --> 01:05:07,448
♪ I♪

1195
01:05:07,482 --> 01:05:14,620
♪ Await a sign♪

1196
01:05:14,655 --> 01:05:22,448
♪ Protectress of the innocent♪

1197
01:05:26,655 --> 01:05:32,034
♪ Let my son be♪

1198
01:05:32,068 --> 01:05:39,034
♪ An eel without scales♪

1199
01:05:39,068 --> 01:05:43,068
♪ That may survive♪

1200
01:05:43,103 --> 01:05:47,379
♪ Both heat♪

1201
01:05:47,413 --> 01:05:52,793
♪ And cold♪

1202
01:05:54,068 --> 01:06:00,586
♪ Flood and drought♪

1203
01:06:00,620 --> 01:06:07,206
♪ Let him breast these rapids♪

1204
01:06:08,275 --> 01:06:14,827
♪ Let him reach the calm♪

1205
01:06:14,862 --> 01:06:21,103
♪ Sanctuary.♪

1206
01:06:29,965 --> 01:06:32,000
[applause]

1207
01:06:48,586 --> 01:06:51,758
Tania's story continues
to unfold

1208
01:06:51,793 --> 01:06:54,758
with the piano still
as a main character.

1209
01:06:54,793 --> 01:06:58,310
It was on the piano that she
created her composition

1210
01:06:58,344 --> 01:07:02,206
"Stride," which imagines
the relentless forward motion

1211
01:07:02,241 --> 01:07:03,896
of Susan B. Anthony

1212
01:07:03,931 --> 01:07:06,379
toward the ratification
of the 19th Amendment.

1213
01:07:06,413 --> 01:07:08,413
[applause]

1214
01:07:14,172 --> 01:07:16,724
And now it's my great pleasure
to introduce

1215
01:07:16,758 --> 01:07:19,172
the Kennedy Center Honors
Orchestra,

1216
01:07:19,206 --> 01:07:22,517
joined by members
of Sphinx Organization,

1217
01:07:22,551 --> 01:07:25,379
cellist Joe Kwon
of the Avett Brothers

1218
01:07:25,413 --> 01:07:27,379
and conductor
Jeri Lynne Johnson,

1219
01:07:27,413 --> 01:07:31,413
to perform the Pulitzer Prize-
winning "Stride."

1220
01:07:31,448 --> 01:07:33,896
[applause]

1221
01:07:41,793 --> 01:07:44,137
♪

1222
01:08:12,413 --> 01:08:14,413
♪

1223
01:08:35,413 --> 01:08:37,965
♪

1224
01:09:06,448 --> 01:09:08,448
♪

1225
01:09:26,344 --> 01:09:28,931
[music ends]

1226
01:09:31,000 --> 01:09:33,689
[applause]

1227
01:09:46,931 --> 01:09:48,931
[cheering]

1228
01:10:02,655 --> 01:10:06,034
ANNOUNCER: Still to come,
a tribute to the incredible U2

1229
01:10:06,068 --> 01:10:09,034
featuring Academy Award winner
Sean Penn and Borat.

1230
01:10:09,068 --> 01:10:11,310
The Kennedy Center Honors
will continue.

1231
01:10:11,344 --> 01:10:12,344
This is CBS.

1232
01:10:16,862 --> 01:10:20,517
THE EDGE: We were told
we had to keep this brief.

1233
01:10:20,551 --> 01:10:22,931
Um, so we thought it would be

1234
01:10:22,965 --> 01:10:25,068
a very bad idea
to have Bono to speak, so...

1235
01:10:25,103 --> 01:10:27,206
[laughter]

1236
01:10:27,241 --> 01:10:30,586
We are incredibly grateful
and proud to receive this honor.

1237
01:10:30,620 --> 01:10:33,931
Named after a great American,

1238
01:10:33,965 --> 01:10:37,724
John F. Kennedy, who also
happens to be of Irish descent.

1239
01:10:37,758 --> 01:10:39,586
[laughter]

1240
01:10:39,620 --> 01:10:41,965
♪

1241
01:10:45,137 --> 01:10:48,689
BEYONCE:
"I was on the inside when they
pulled the four walls down.

1242
01:10:48,724 --> 01:10:50,827
I was looking
through the window."

1243
01:10:52,206 --> 01:10:54,862
"I was lost, I am found."

1244
01:10:56,724 --> 01:10:59,172
HARRY STYLES:
"I can't believe
the news today."

1245
01:11:00,206 --> 01:11:03,275
"Oh, I can't close my eyes
and make it go away."

1246
01:11:03,310 --> 01:11:07,482
♪ Sunday, Bloody Sunday.♪

1247
01:11:10,103 --> 01:11:12,689
FINNEAS:
"We thought that we had
the answers.

1248
01:11:12,724 --> 01:11:14,689
It was the questions
we had wrong."

1249
01:11:14,724 --> 01:11:16,448
[cameras clicking]

1250
01:11:16,482 --> 01:11:17,827
[cheering]

1251
01:11:17,862 --> 01:11:19,241
"In the name of love."

1252
01:11:19,275 --> 01:11:21,379
♪

1253
01:11:22,482 --> 01:11:24,482
"What more in the name of love?"

1254
01:11:24,517 --> 01:11:28,724
♪ What more
in the name of love?♪

1255
01:11:28,758 --> 01:11:30,068
FINNEAS:
"I want to run, I want to hide,

1256
01:11:30,103 --> 01:11:32,172
"I want to tear down the walls

1257
01:11:32,206 --> 01:11:33,448
"that hold me inside.

1258
01:11:33,482 --> 01:11:36,034
"I want to reach out
and touch the flame.

1259
01:11:36,068 --> 01:11:37,931
Where the streets have no name."

1260
01:11:37,965 --> 01:11:41,689
♪ Where the streets
have no name.♪

1261
01:11:41,724 --> 01:11:43,965
BILLIE EILISH:
"I have climbed
the highest mountains,

1262
01:11:44,000 --> 01:11:46,275
"I have run through the fields,

1263
01:11:46,310 --> 01:11:47,827
only to be with you."

1264
01:11:47,862 --> 01:11:51,551
♪ Only to be with you.♪

1265
01:11:52,896 --> 01:11:54,620
FINNEAS:
"Is there a time
for keeping your distance?

1266
01:11:54,655 --> 01:11:56,965
"A time to turn your eyes away?

1267
01:11:57,000 --> 01:12:00,137
"Is there a time
for keeping your head down,

1268
01:12:00,172 --> 01:12:01,586
for getting on with your day?"

1269
01:12:01,620 --> 01:12:02,586
"Touch me."

1270
01:12:02,620 --> 01:12:05,206
♪ Touch me.♪

1271
01:12:05,241 --> 01:12:06,586
STYLES:
"Take me to another place.

1272
01:12:06,620 --> 01:12:07,862
Teach me."

1273
01:12:08,758 --> 01:12:10,551
"I know I'm not
a hopeless case."

1274
01:12:10,586 --> 01:12:14,034
♪ I know I'm not
a hopeless case.♪

1275
01:12:14,068 --> 01:12:17,000
BEYONCE:
"The more you know,
the less you feel.

1276
01:12:17,034 --> 01:12:20,517
"Some pray for, others steal.

1277
01:12:20,551 --> 01:12:25,206
Blessings are not
just for the ones who kneel."

1278
01:12:26,275 --> 01:12:29,655
FINNEAS:
"Fight back, don't take it
lying down.

1279
01:12:29,689 --> 01:12:31,413
"We gotta bite back.

1280
01:12:31,448 --> 01:12:33,586
The face of liberty
is starting to crack."

1281
01:12:33,620 --> 01:12:34,931
♪

1282
01:12:39,344 --> 01:12:41,379
♪

1283
01:12:41,413 --> 01:12:44,655
EILISH:
"Love. And love is all
we have left."

1284
01:12:44,689 --> 01:12:47,827
STYLES:
"You argue because
you can't accept."

1285
01:12:47,862 --> 01:12:49,965
FINNEAS:
"Love is all we have left."

1286
01:12:50,000 --> 01:12:51,310
♪

1287
01:12:51,344 --> 01:12:53,655
BONO:
Good night, God bless you.

1288
01:12:53,689 --> 01:12:56,206
Thanks for giving us
a great life.

1289
01:12:56,241 --> 01:12:58,241
♪

1290
01:13:01,068 --> 01:13:03,034
[applause]

1291
01:13:05,344 --> 01:13:06,758
ANNOUNCER:
Actor, filmmaker,

1292
01:13:06,793 --> 01:13:10,275
and cofounder of the emergency
relief organization CORE,

1293
01:13:10,310 --> 01:13:12,310
please welcome Sean Penn.

1294
01:13:12,344 --> 01:13:14,275
[applause]

1295
01:13:19,931 --> 01:13:23,896
Joyce once observed, "The Irish,

1296
01:13:23,931 --> 01:13:28,379
"condemned to express themselves
in a language not their own,

1297
01:13:28,413 --> 01:13:32,862
have stamped on it
the mark of their own genius."

1298
01:13:32,896 --> 01:13:36,620
There are no artists who have
carried on that legacy better,

1299
01:13:36,655 --> 01:13:39,827
nor stamped their own
unique mark of genius

1300
01:13:39,862 --> 01:13:42,689
on the world
of music and beyond,

1301
01:13:42,724 --> 01:13:44,965
than the members of U2.

1302
01:13:53,068 --> 01:13:58,137
And that's why tonight
we're here to celebrate U2.

1303
01:13:58,172 --> 01:14:01,172
Great musical poets
for the ages.

1304
01:14:01,206 --> 01:14:02,275
[applause]

1305
01:14:05,068 --> 01:14:07,931
Once upon a time,
a young Larry Mullen Jr.

1306
01:14:07,965 --> 01:14:10,965
pinned up a flyer at school.

1307
01:14:11,000 --> 01:14:14,379
"Drummer seeks musicians
to form band."

1308
01:14:14,413 --> 01:14:15,896
[laughter]

1309
01:14:15,931 --> 01:14:19,724
Larry was joined after school
for that first practice

1310
01:14:19,758 --> 01:14:22,241
by a young Adam Clayton,

1311
01:14:22,275 --> 01:14:27,862
a kid already anointed
inexplicably as Bono...

1312
01:14:27,896 --> 01:14:30,620
[laughter]

1313
01:14:30,655 --> 01:14:33,793
...and another who would
soon ditch his given name

1314
01:14:33,827 --> 01:14:35,655
for The Edge.

1315
01:14:35,689 --> 01:14:37,620
[laughter]

1316
01:14:37,655 --> 01:14:40,310
It was the beginning
of a musically-charged

1317
01:14:40,344 --> 01:14:43,344
chemical reaction, something
that would transform

1318
01:14:43,379 --> 01:14:46,724
the young men from schoolmates
into colleagues,

1319
01:14:46,758 --> 01:14:48,206
bandmates into brothers,

1320
01:14:48,241 --> 01:14:51,655
and lead them to distill
the human experience

1321
01:14:51,689 --> 01:14:54,517
into songs that would stand
the test of time.

1322
01:14:56,172 --> 01:15:00,344
You can trace all of this
to the band's prayer.

1323
01:15:00,379 --> 01:15:04,137
"To be useful."
Useful to the music.

1324
01:15:04,172 --> 01:15:07,137
Useful to other human beings,
to the world.

1325
01:15:07,172 --> 01:15:10,620
Bono has often said that
being famous is nonsense,

1326
01:15:10,655 --> 01:15:14,724
celebrity is nonsense,
but it is currency.

1327
01:15:14,758 --> 01:15:18,103
And the band has spent
its currency

1328
01:15:18,137 --> 01:15:21,965
to show the usefulness
of art in the world.

1329
01:15:22,000 --> 01:15:25,344
To help us honor them,

1330
01:15:25,379 --> 01:15:30,000
please welcome
the extraordinary artist

1331
01:15:30,034 --> 01:15:33,655
and my great friend
Eddie Vedder.

1332
01:15:33,689 --> 01:15:35,448
♪ Whoo♪

1333
01:15:36,689 --> 01:15:40,103
♪ Whoo, whoo♪

1334
01:15:40,137 --> 01:15:42,000
♪ Whoo♪

1335
01:15:42,034 --> 01:15:45,103
♪ High, higher than the sun♪

1336
01:15:45,137 --> 01:15:46,931
♪ As if we just begun♪

1337
01:15:46,965 --> 01:15:51,068
♪ I need you to
elevate me here♪

1338
01:15:51,103 --> 01:15:53,379
♪ At the corner of your lips♪

1339
01:15:53,413 --> 01:15:55,275
♪ As the orbit of your hips♪

1340
01:15:55,310 --> 01:15:59,068
♪ Eclipse, you elevate my soul♪

1341
01:15:59,103 --> 01:16:01,931
♪ Got no self-control♪

1342
01:16:01,965 --> 01:16:03,172
♪ Been living like a mole♪

1343
01:16:03,206 --> 01:16:06,965
♪ Now going down, excavation♪

1344
01:16:07,000 --> 01:16:09,758
♪ I and I in the sky♪

1345
01:16:09,793 --> 01:16:12,206
♪ You make me feel
like I can fly♪

1346
01:16:12,241 --> 01:16:13,206
♪ So high♪

1347
01:16:13,241 --> 01:16:15,344
♪ Elevation♪

1348
01:16:16,206 --> 01:16:20,275
♪ Whoo, whoo♪

1349
01:16:20,310 --> 01:16:24,793
♪ Whoo,
whoo♪

1350
01:16:24,827 --> 01:16:28,000
♪ Whoo, whoo♪

1351
01:16:28,034 --> 01:16:30,000
♪ Whoo,
whoo♪

1352
01:16:31,448 --> 01:16:35,413
♪ Love♪

1353
01:16:35,448 --> 01:16:39,896
♪ Lift me out of these blues♪

1354
01:16:39,931 --> 01:16:42,206
♪ Won't you tell me♪

1355
01:16:42,241 --> 01:16:45,000
♪ Something true?♪

1356
01:16:45,034 --> 01:16:49,655
♪ Yeah, I believe in you♪

1357
01:16:50,758 --> 01:16:52,034
♪ Help me♪

1358
01:16:52,068 --> 01:16:53,344
♪ Yeah♪

1359
01:16:54,758 --> 01:16:57,551
♪ A mole digging in a hole♪

1360
01:16:57,586 --> 01:17:00,310
♪ Digging up my soul now♪

1361
01:17:00,344 --> 01:17:02,310
♪ Going down, excavation♪

1362
01:17:02,344 --> 01:17:05,413
♪ I and I in the sky♪

1363
01:17:05,448 --> 01:17:08,517
♪ You make me feel
like I can fly♪

1364
01:17:08,551 --> 01:17:09,931
♪ So high♪

1365
01:17:09,965 --> 01:17:14,758
♪ Elevation♪

1366
01:17:28,413 --> 01:17:32,965
♪ Whoo, whoo♪

1367
01:17:33,000 --> 01:17:36,827
♪ Whoo,
whoo♪

1368
01:17:36,862 --> 01:17:40,827
♪ Whoo, whoo♪

1369
01:17:40,862 --> 01:17:44,103
♪ Whoo.♪

1370
01:17:54,724 --> 01:17:56,931
[applause]

1371
01:18:13,413 --> 01:18:14,827
ANNOUNCER:
Our U2 tribute continues

1372
01:18:14,862 --> 01:18:17,931
with Eddie Vedder
and an all-star finale.

1373
01:18:17,965 --> 01:18:19,965
The Kennedy Center Honors.
This is CBS.

1374
01:18:25,034 --> 01:18:27,344
For more than 40 years,
U2 has changed the world.

1375
01:18:27,379 --> 01:18:31,000
Anthems about civil rights,
solidarity of workers,

1376
01:18:31,034 --> 01:18:32,413
a struggle for peace.

1377
01:18:32,448 --> 01:18:35,517
Their music is a bridge
between Ireland and America,

1378
01:18:35,551 --> 01:18:37,793
between two friends,

1379
01:18:37,827 --> 01:18:39,931
linked in memory
and imagination.

1380
01:18:39,965 --> 01:18:42,275
I want to thank U2
for all you've done

1381
01:18:42,310 --> 01:18:44,517
and the way you lift people up,
you really make a difference.

1382
01:18:44,551 --> 01:18:45,551
Thank you.

1383
01:18:45,586 --> 01:18:47,241
[applause]

1384
01:18:47,275 --> 01:18:50,103
ANNOUNCER:
Please welcome journalist
and cultural attaché

1385
01:18:50,137 --> 01:18:53,310
from Kazakhstan, Borat Sagdiyev.

1386
01:18:53,344 --> 01:18:55,172
[laughter]

1387
01:19:00,000 --> 01:19:02,551
[speaks foreign language]

1388
01:19:02,586 --> 01:19:06,758
I very honored
to be here with you.

1389
01:19:06,793 --> 01:19:12,275
I am told the president
of US and A is here.

1390
01:19:12,310 --> 01:19:15,172
Where are you, Mr. Trump?

1391
01:19:15,206 --> 01:19:17,206
[laughter]

1392
01:19:18,275 --> 01:19:22,103
Oh. You don't look so good.

1393
01:19:23,137 --> 01:19:26,103
Where have your glorious
big belly gone?

1394
01:19:26,137 --> 01:19:27,413
[laughter]

1395
01:19:27,448 --> 01:19:31,103
And your pretty orange skin
have become pale.

1396
01:19:31,137 --> 01:19:32,413
[laughter]

1397
01:19:32,448 --> 01:19:37,344
Before I proceed,
I must say I very upset about

1398
01:19:37,379 --> 01:19:40,689
the anti-Semitism in US and A.

1399
01:19:40,724 --> 01:19:42,793
It not fair.

1400
01:19:42,827 --> 01:19:46,379
Kazakhstan is number one
Jew-crushing nation.

1401
01:19:46,413 --> 01:19:49,241
Stop stealing our hobby.

1402
01:19:49,275 --> 01:19:54,275
Your Kanye-- he try
to move to Kazakhstan

1403
01:19:54,310 --> 01:19:58,689
and he even change his name
to Kazakhstan-ye West.

1404
01:19:58,724 --> 01:19:59,758
[laughter]

1405
01:19:59,793 --> 01:20:02,310
But we said no.

1406
01:20:02,344 --> 01:20:04,931
He too anti-Semitic,
even for us.

1407
01:20:04,965 --> 01:20:06,965
[laughter]

1408
01:20:07,965 --> 01:20:09,965
[applause]

1409
01:20:12,068 --> 01:20:16,586
But reason I here
is to make congratulation

1410
01:20:16,620 --> 01:20:22,275
to Irish rocking roll band
by the name of Me Too.

1411
01:20:22,310 --> 01:20:24,482
[laughter]

1412
01:20:24,517 --> 01:20:28,862
I have a message for you
from my premier.

1413
01:20:28,896 --> 01:20:31,655
It is hot off the fax.

1414
01:20:32,724 --> 01:20:35,586
[speaking foreign language]

1415
01:20:43,137 --> 01:20:47,724
It translate to mean, "Please
remove your wretched album

1416
01:20:47,758 --> 01:20:49,931
from my new iPhone 6."

1417
01:20:49,965 --> 01:20:52,448
[laughter]

1418
01:20:59,896 --> 01:21:05,758
Your band fight oppression
around the world.

1419
01:21:06,758 --> 01:21:08,413
Stop it!

1420
01:21:09,724 --> 01:21:14,793
Do not come to Kazakhstan with
your goody-two-shoes meddling

1421
01:21:14,827 --> 01:21:19,517
or you will be placed
on our new stretching machine.

1422
01:21:19,551 --> 01:21:24,379
And your bodies
will move in mysterious ways.

1423
01:21:24,413 --> 01:21:25,724
[laughter]

1424
01:21:25,758 --> 01:21:27,137
This was another wordplay

1425
01:21:27,172 --> 01:21:29,482
for purpose
of entertainment, yes?

1426
01:21:30,482 --> 01:21:35,172
Now, I will sing one
of your Irish shanties.

1427
01:21:35,206 --> 01:21:37,275
[laughter]

1428
01:21:37,310 --> 01:21:40,724
I hope you enjoy my voice,
Mr. President.

1429
01:21:40,758 --> 01:21:41,793
[laughter]

1430
01:21:41,827 --> 01:21:44,517
["With or Without You" playing]

1431
01:21:44,551 --> 01:21:47,241
This song is about
a difficult choice

1432
01:21:47,275 --> 01:21:51,413
facing our beautiful planet.

1433
01:21:51,448 --> 01:21:55,551
♪ With or without you♪

1434
01:21:55,586 --> 01:21:58,482
♪ With or without Jews♪

1435
01:21:58,517 --> 01:22:01,068
Everybody sing along.

1436
01:22:01,103 --> 01:22:05,103
What the problem?
They loved this at Mar-a-Lago.

1437
01:22:05,137 --> 01:22:07,241
[laughter]

1438
01:22:07,275 --> 01:22:08,689
I use my fingers now.

1439
01:22:08,724 --> 01:22:10,724
♪

1440
01:22:15,275 --> 01:22:17,344
The Hedge, watch and learn.

1441
01:22:17,379 --> 01:22:19,172
[laughing]:
"Watch and learn."

1442
01:22:19,206 --> 01:22:21,206
♪

1443
01:22:27,551 --> 01:22:29,103
[laughter]

1444
01:22:29,137 --> 01:22:30,758
[applause]

1445
01:22:32,448 --> 01:22:34,275
Thank you.

1446
01:22:34,310 --> 01:22:36,103
I love US and A!

1447
01:22:36,137 --> 01:22:37,655
I love U2!

1448
01:22:40,793 --> 01:22:43,103
ANNOUNCER:
Please welcome back Sean Penn.

1449
01:22:45,827 --> 01:22:47,827
[laughter]

1450
01:22:56,413 --> 01:22:58,586
U2... [laughs]

1451
01:23:00,344 --> 01:23:02,206
They are giants.

1452
01:23:04,206 --> 01:23:06,827
Arguably
the most heart-penetrating band

1453
01:23:06,862 --> 01:23:09,137
on the planet
for the last 40 years.

1454
01:23:09,172 --> 01:23:12,482
Their influence on music,
on culture,

1455
01:23:12,517 --> 01:23:15,724
on the world, is incomparable.

1456
01:23:15,758 --> 01:23:20,655
A band forged in the violence
of Ireland in the 1970s,

1457
01:23:20,689 --> 01:23:24,413
a time and place of devastating
conflict and division.

1458
01:23:24,448 --> 01:23:28,344
As Bono once said,
"Life is the creative act."

1459
01:23:28,379 --> 01:23:33,689
And these guys somehow
just always understood

1460
01:23:33,724 --> 01:23:37,344
how you interact with the world
and the art you put in it

1461
01:23:37,379 --> 01:23:40,034
are intimately entwined.

1462
01:23:40,068 --> 01:23:43,034
This isn't something they grew
into once they became famous,

1463
01:23:43,068 --> 01:23:46,379
it's been embedded in their DNA
from the very beginning,

1464
01:23:46,413 --> 01:23:50,206
from the opening drumroll
of "Sunday Bloody Sunday"

1465
01:23:50,241 --> 01:23:53,275
to the iconic sets at concerts
like Live Aid

1466
01:23:53,310 --> 01:23:56,827
or performing in support
of the Good Friday Agreement.

1467
01:23:56,862 --> 01:23:58,413
And speaking out
against violence

1468
01:23:58,448 --> 01:24:01,172
and inequality
every chance they get.

1469
01:24:01,206 --> 01:24:04,586
They've always understood
that art at its greatest

1470
01:24:04,620 --> 01:24:07,448
truly moves the dial,
moves the dial toward

1471
01:24:07,482 --> 01:24:12,275
a care
and uniquely human reflection

1472
01:24:12,310 --> 01:24:15,379
that rhythmically thrills us
with possibility,

1473
01:24:15,413 --> 01:24:20,000
passion, prayer,
and pulsing percussion.

1474
01:24:20,034 --> 01:24:25,000
It is so fitting at this time
in human history

1475
01:24:25,034 --> 01:24:29,586
that America tonight bestows
its highest creative honor

1476
01:24:29,620 --> 01:24:31,827
in the creative realm

1477
01:24:31,862 --> 01:24:38,206
upon these four
scrappy Dublin punks.

1478
01:24:38,241 --> 01:24:39,965
[laughter]

1479
01:24:40,000 --> 01:24:43,551
The scrappiest band
of musical poets

1480
01:24:43,586 --> 01:24:46,896
ever to come down
the right-side drive pike

1481
01:24:46,931 --> 01:24:52,137
to remind America and the world
of its best self.

1482
01:24:52,172 --> 01:24:56,206
The great Mary J. Blige was
meant to perform this evening.

1483
01:24:56,241 --> 01:25:00,275
Unfortunately she had
fallen ill and couldn't be here,

1484
01:25:00,310 --> 01:25:04,517
but the band's friend
and mine Eddie Vedder

1485
01:25:04,551 --> 01:25:08,689
is gonna gift us once again.
So please welcome Eddie Vedder.

1486
01:25:08,724 --> 01:25:10,724
[applause]

1487
01:25:12,068 --> 01:25:13,931
["One" playing]

1488
01:25:23,137 --> 01:25:26,413
♪ Is it getting better?♪

1489
01:25:27,896 --> 01:25:31,827
♪ Or do you feel the same?♪

1490
01:25:32,724 --> 01:25:37,620
♪ Will it make it easier
on you now♪

1491
01:25:37,655 --> 01:25:41,344
♪ You got someone to blame?♪

1492
01:25:41,379 --> 01:25:45,068
♪ You say, one love♪

1493
01:25:45,103 --> 01:25:47,586
♪ One life♪

1494
01:25:47,620 --> 01:25:52,586
♪ One need in the night♪

1495
01:25:52,620 --> 01:25:55,068
♪ One love♪

1496
01:25:55,103 --> 01:25:57,517
♪ Get to share it♪

1497
01:25:57,551 --> 01:26:00,862
♪ Leaves you, darling,
and you don't♪

1498
01:26:00,896 --> 01:26:06,551
♪ Care♪

1499
01:26:12,896 --> 01:26:17,034
♪ Have you come here
for forgiveness?♪

1500
01:26:17,068 --> 01:26:22,586
♪ Have you come
to raise the dead?♪

1501
01:26:22,620 --> 01:26:27,965
♪ Have you come here
to play Jesus♪

1502
01:26:28,000 --> 01:26:30,827
♪ To the lepers in your head?♪

1503
01:26:30,862 --> 01:26:34,620
♪ Did I ask too much?♪

1504
01:26:34,655 --> 01:26:36,862
♪ More than a lot♪

1505
01:26:36,896 --> 01:26:38,827
♪ You gave me nothin'♪

1506
01:26:38,862 --> 01:26:42,000
♪ Now it's all I got♪

1507
01:26:42,034 --> 01:26:44,655
♪ We're one♪

1508
01:26:44,689 --> 01:26:46,482
♪ But we're not the same♪

1509
01:26:46,517 --> 01:26:48,724
♪ See, we hurt each other♪

1510
01:26:48,758 --> 01:26:50,413
♪ Then we do it again♪

1511
01:26:50,448 --> 01:26:52,172
♪ You say♪

1512
01:26:52,206 --> 01:26:54,275
♪ Love is a temple♪

1513
01:26:54,310 --> 01:26:56,896
♪ Love's a higher law♪

1514
01:26:56,931 --> 01:26:59,344
♪ Love is a temple♪

1515
01:26:59,379 --> 01:27:01,448
♪ Love's a higher law♪

1516
01:27:01,482 --> 01:27:04,379
♪ You ask for me to enter♪

1517
01:27:04,413 --> 01:27:06,758
♪ But then beg me to crawl♪

1518
01:27:06,793 --> 01:27:10,068
♪ And I can't keep holdin' on♪

1519
01:27:10,103 --> 01:27:12,413
♪ To what you got♪

1520
01:27:12,448 --> 01:27:15,379
♪ 'Cause all you got is hurt♪

1521
01:27:15,413 --> 01:27:17,655
♪ One love♪

1522
01:27:17,689 --> 01:27:20,068
♪ One blood♪

1523
01:27:20,103 --> 01:27:21,862
♪ One life, you got to♪

1524
01:27:21,896 --> 01:27:24,896
♪ Do what you should♪

1525
01:27:24,931 --> 01:27:27,379
♪ One life♪

1526
01:27:27,413 --> 01:27:29,724
♪ With each other♪

1527
01:27:29,758 --> 01:27:35,103
♪ Sisters, brothers♪

1528
01:27:35,137 --> 01:27:36,275
♪ One life♪

1529
01:27:36,310 --> 01:27:38,620
♪ But we're not the same♪

1530
01:27:38,655 --> 01:27:41,517
♪ We got to carry each other♪

1531
01:27:41,551 --> 01:27:43,517
♪ Carry each other♪

1532
01:27:43,551 --> 01:27:49,689
♪ One love♪

1533
01:27:49,724 --> 01:27:51,724
♪

1534
01:27:54,068 --> 01:27:56,241
[vocalizing]

1535
01:28:07,758 --> 01:28:09,586
[applause]

1536
01:28:09,620 --> 01:28:10,862
[song ends]

1537
01:28:29,413 --> 01:28:30,724
ANNOUNCER:
Still to come,

1538
01:28:30,758 --> 01:28:33,310
a uniting musical finale
honoring icons U2.

1539
01:28:33,344 --> 01:28:36,034
The Kennedy Center Honors
will continue.

1540
01:28:36,068 --> 01:28:37,034
This is CBS.

1541
01:28:41,827 --> 01:28:44,206
ANNOUNCER:
Reconnect with the arts,
reconnect with travel.

1542
01:28:44,241 --> 01:28:46,448
Delta is proud to be
the official airline

1543
01:28:46,482 --> 01:28:47,931
of the Kennedy Center Honors.

1544
01:28:47,965 --> 01:28:49,689
Delta. Keep climbing.

1545
01:28:51,068 --> 01:28:54,448
Please welcome Ukrainian
singer-songwriter Jamala.

1546
01:28:54,482 --> 01:28:55,482
[applause]

1547
01:28:57,206 --> 01:29:01,586
In their nearly 50 years
together as a band,

1548
01:29:01,620 --> 01:29:07,551
U2 has used their music
as a way to create change.

1549
01:29:07,586 --> 01:29:13,448
So it's fitting that
on a night meant to honor them

1550
01:29:13,482 --> 01:29:17,517
they have once again
used their platform

1551
01:29:17,551 --> 01:29:19,931
to spread message of peace.

1552
01:29:19,965 --> 01:29:25,137
Now, please welcome
for a very special rendition

1553
01:29:25,172 --> 01:29:30,724
of U2's "Walk On,"
Brandi Carlile and Hozier.

1554
01:29:30,758 --> 01:29:32,827
[cheering and applause]

1555
01:29:32,862 --> 01:29:34,862
♪

1556
01:29:49,137 --> 01:29:50,620
And love is not the easy thing.

1557
01:29:50,655 --> 01:29:53,655
The only baggage you can bring

1558
01:29:53,689 --> 01:29:56,034
is all that you can't
leave behind.

1559
01:29:56,068 --> 01:30:00,413
♪ Mmm♪

1560
01:30:00,448 --> 01:30:05,034
♪ And if the comic
takes the stage♪

1561
01:30:05,068 --> 01:30:08,965
♪ And no one laughs♪

1562
01:30:09,000 --> 01:30:14,448
♪ And does a dance
on his own grave♪

1563
01:30:14,482 --> 01:30:18,655
♪ For a photograph♪

1564
01:30:18,689 --> 01:30:23,034
♪ This is not a curtain call♪

1565
01:30:23,068 --> 01:30:27,862
♪ This is the greatest
act of all♪

1566
01:30:27,896 --> 01:30:30,965
♪ Stand up♪

1567
01:30:31,000 --> 01:30:33,758
♪ For freedom♪

1568
01:30:33,793 --> 01:30:39,448
♪ Oh, walk on, walk on♪

1569
01:30:39,482 --> 01:30:42,310
♪ What you got,
they can't steal it♪

1570
01:30:42,344 --> 01:30:44,448
♪ They can't even feel it♪

1571
01:30:44,482 --> 01:30:50,034
♪ Walk on, walk on♪

1572
01:30:50,068 --> 01:30:53,620
♪ Stay safe tonight♪

1573
01:30:53,655 --> 01:30:57,896
♪ Walk on, walk on♪

1574
01:30:57,931 --> 01:31:00,827
♪ What you got,
they can't deny it♪

1575
01:31:00,862 --> 01:31:02,655
♪ Can't sell it or buy it♪

1576
01:31:02,689 --> 01:31:07,551
♪ Walk on, walk on♪

1577
01:31:07,586 --> 01:31:10,931
♪ Stay safe tonight♪

1578
01:31:10,965 --> 01:31:13,931
♪ Yeah, I know it aches♪

1579
01:31:13,965 --> 01:31:16,379
♪ And your heart, it breaks♪

1580
01:31:16,413 --> 01:31:19,793
♪ You can only take so much♪

1581
01:31:19,827 --> 01:31:24,758
♪ Walk on♪

1582
01:31:24,793 --> 01:31:26,965
♪

1583
01:31:29,965 --> 01:31:35,000
♪ I know it hurts♪

1584
01:31:35,034 --> 01:31:36,931
♪ My heart hurts♪

1585
01:31:36,965 --> 01:31:41,724
♪ And you can only
take so much♪

1586
01:31:41,758 --> 01:31:47,689
♪ Walk on♪

1587
01:31:47,724 --> 01:31:49,344
[vocalizing]

1588
01:31:49,379 --> 01:31:51,068
♪ All that you fashion♪

1589
01:31:51,103 --> 01:31:54,172
♪ All that you make♪

1590
01:31:54,206 --> 01:31:56,275
♪ All that you build♪

1591
01:31:56,310 --> 01:31:58,586
♪ And all that you break♪

1592
01:31:58,620 --> 01:32:00,896
♪ All that you dream of♪

1593
01:32:00,931 --> 01:32:02,586
♪ All you design♪

1594
01:32:02,620 --> 01:32:08,275
♪ All that you can't
leave behind♪

1595
01:32:08,310 --> 01:32:12,551
♪ Walk on, walk on♪

1596
01:32:12,586 --> 01:32:15,724
♪ What you got,
you can't deny it♪

1597
01:32:15,758 --> 01:32:17,448
♪ Can't sell it or buy it♪

1598
01:32:17,482 --> 01:32:22,827
♪ Walk on, walk on♪

1599
01:32:22,862 --> 01:32:26,310
♪ Stay safe tonight♪

1600
01:32:26,344 --> 01:32:28,758
♪ And I know it aches♪

1601
01:32:28,793 --> 01:32:31,379
♪ And your heart, it breaks♪

1602
01:32:31,413 --> 01:32:34,896
♪ You can only take so much♪

1603
01:32:34,931 --> 01:32:41,034
♪ Walk on.♪

1604
01:32:44,551 --> 01:32:46,551
[applause]

1605
01:32:48,206 --> 01:32:50,586
Congratulations
to all the honorees,

1606
01:32:50,620 --> 01:32:53,655
and thank you to everyone who
participated in this evening.

1607
01:32:53,689 --> 01:32:54,793
Good night.

1608
01:32:54,827 --> 01:32:57,448
["Walk On" resumes]

1609
01:33:04,310 --> 01:33:07,551
Captioning sponsored by
CBS

1610
01:33:07,586 --> 01:33:08,586
Captioned by
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