Sade, Sixty & still a Smooth Operator
Sade, has been part of the soundtrack of my grownup life and at every significant moment, there has been a song of hers in the background. She turned sixty today, but she is timeless, and so is her music. The Nigerian-born songstress is one of five artists that will make me go to live performance. Two of the other four are dead.
I also love her ethos about creativity — something that we forget in our times of fractional attention, multi-tasking and engagement as marketing. I wish more creatives would take a cue from her! I am waiting for her next album — very patiently.
9/11 is a date that is seared in my memory. Like many millions, I witnessed a horrific and dastardly act on live television. That day shook me to the core. In the years that have passed, it has come to represent what is great about America — its resilience and ability to come together and overcome any challenge. In times of adversity, America finds the strength that only love can breed, forgetting its petty politics and media madness. These are days of incredible challenges – Hurricanes Harvey and Irma and the wildfires in California, Washington and Montana – and we need to love each other again, to overcome these challenges.
