Chords for Burton Cummings has advice for Justin Bieber
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[E] Mentoring advice for Justin Bieber?
[N] Because he is in his moment, but you know what this business is like.
Put your money away.
Acts like that don't last
25-30 years.
I don't think and I've got nothing against Justin personally,
but I don't think he writes and when you don't write your own stuff you become a
victim sometimes when when the song-finding machine
runs dry and we've seen that happen with Kenny Rogers and even Elvis Presley to a degree.
As big a star as you are if you're not writing your own stuff, you're not controlling your own destiny and your own future.
So I would say Justin enjoy the moment and put the money away because
it's an internet phenomenon.
He was a YouTube phenomenon.
When he landed in Sydney, Australia
not long ago, there were more kids at the airport than there were when the Beatles landed there.
Pretty big deal, man.
Mind you the the population of the world has doubled since then too.
So, I mean, what do you think?
We're at the end now of the American Idol run.
Like, you know, and Simon leaving.
There's a lot of changes.
I've never liked that whole thing.
You know, I've said this in public and I've been lambasted and raked over the
Well, Randy wrote songs for the Canadian Idol.
Did you ever needle him for that?
Or he's part of a group like that?
They asked me to go on there.
Yeah, and I I repeatedly said no and they went ahead and did a whole show of
with the contestants singing all my songs anyway.
I thought that was the biggest compliment I could have been paid.
I just don't believe what
Here's my problem with it, George.
For the sake of
television ratings, the kids are used as pawns and most of them, a great deal of the public tunes in to watch the
failure and there aren't that many careers launched.
Where's Ruben Stoddard now?
Yeah, I mean, I know there are some.
There are some that have that have made it a career.
But really look at the numbers.
[N] Because he is in his moment, but you know what this business is like.
Put your money away.
Acts like that don't last
25-30 years.
I don't think and I've got nothing against Justin personally,
but I don't think he writes and when you don't write your own stuff you become a
victim sometimes when when the song-finding machine
runs dry and we've seen that happen with Kenny Rogers and even Elvis Presley to a degree.
As big a star as you are if you're not writing your own stuff, you're not controlling your own destiny and your own future.
So I would say Justin enjoy the moment and put the money away because
it's an internet phenomenon.
He was a YouTube phenomenon.
When he landed in Sydney, Australia
not long ago, there were more kids at the airport than there were when the Beatles landed there.
Pretty big deal, man.
Mind you the the population of the world has doubled since then too.
So, I mean, what do you think?
We're at the end now of the American Idol run.
Like, you know, and Simon leaving.
There's a lot of changes.
I've never liked that whole thing.
You know, I've said this in public and I've been lambasted and raked over the
Well, Randy wrote songs for the Canadian Idol.
Did you ever needle him for that?
Or he's part of a group like that?
They asked me to go on there.
Yeah, and I I repeatedly said no and they went ahead and did a whole show of
with the contestants singing all my songs anyway.
I thought that was the biggest compliment I could have been paid.
I just don't believe what
Here's my problem with it, George.
For the sake of
television ratings, the kids are used as pawns and most of them, a great deal of the public tunes in to watch the
failure and there aren't that many careers launched.
Where's Ruben Stoddard now?
Yeah, I mean, I know there are some.
There are some that have that have made it a career.
But really look at the numbers.
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[E] _ _ Mentoring advice for Justin Bieber?
[N] Because he is in his moment, but you know what this business is like.
Put your money away.
Acts like that don't last
25-30 years.
I don't think and I've got nothing against Justin personally,
but I don't think he writes and when you don't write your own stuff you become a
victim sometimes when when the song-finding machine
runs dry and we've seen that happen with Kenny Rogers and even Elvis Presley to a degree.
As big a star as you are if you're not writing your own stuff, you're not controlling your own destiny and your own future.
So I would say Justin enjoy the moment and put the money away because
it's an internet phenomenon.
He was a YouTube phenomenon.
When he landed in Sydney, Australia
not long ago, there were more kids at the airport than there were when the Beatles landed there.
Pretty big deal, man.
Mind you the the population of the world has doubled since then too.
So, I mean, what do you think?
We're at the end now of the American Idol run.
Like, you know, and Simon leaving.
There's a lot of changes.
I've never liked that whole thing.
You know, I've said this in public and I've been lambasted and raked over the_
Well, Randy wrote songs for the Canadian Idol.
Did you ever needle him for that?
Or he's part of a group like that?
They asked me to go on there.
Yeah, and I I repeatedly said no and they went ahead and did a whole show of
with the contestants singing all my songs anyway.
I thought that was the biggest compliment I could have been paid.
I just don't believe what_
Here's my problem with it, George.
For the sake of
television ratings, the kids are used as pawns and most of them, a great deal of the public tunes in to watch the
failure and there aren't that many careers launched.
Where's Ruben Stoddard now?
Yeah, I mean, I know there are some.
There are some that have that have made it a career.
But really look at the numbers.
[N] Because he is in his moment, but you know what this business is like.
Put your money away.
Acts like that don't last
25-30 years.
I don't think and I've got nothing against Justin personally,
but I don't think he writes and when you don't write your own stuff you become a
victim sometimes when when the song-finding machine
runs dry and we've seen that happen with Kenny Rogers and even Elvis Presley to a degree.
As big a star as you are if you're not writing your own stuff, you're not controlling your own destiny and your own future.
So I would say Justin enjoy the moment and put the money away because
it's an internet phenomenon.
He was a YouTube phenomenon.
When he landed in Sydney, Australia
not long ago, there were more kids at the airport than there were when the Beatles landed there.
Pretty big deal, man.
Mind you the the population of the world has doubled since then too.
So, I mean, what do you think?
We're at the end now of the American Idol run.
Like, you know, and Simon leaving.
There's a lot of changes.
I've never liked that whole thing.
You know, I've said this in public and I've been lambasted and raked over the_
Well, Randy wrote songs for the Canadian Idol.
Did you ever needle him for that?
Or he's part of a group like that?
They asked me to go on there.
Yeah, and I I repeatedly said no and they went ahead and did a whole show of
with the contestants singing all my songs anyway.
I thought that was the biggest compliment I could have been paid.
I just don't believe what_
Here's my problem with it, George.
For the sake of
television ratings, the kids are used as pawns and most of them, a great deal of the public tunes in to watch the
failure and there aren't that many careers launched.
Where's Ruben Stoddard now?
Yeah, I mean, I know there are some.
There are some that have that have made it a career.
But really look at the numbers.