all of billie holliday's great things. >> jimmy: didn't you go to the movies with -- >> yeah.y: with billie holiday. >> and it's -- it's a very funny kind of wonderful thing to play as an actor. >> jimmy: i love the opening is bob sheppard, does the opening. i'm not going on ruin the joke. bu it's a great -- it starts off funny and ends funny. it's such a good -- look at all the people -- >> this is the souvenir book which i thought you'd get a kick out of. it has a lot of pictures from "snl" and stuff that i was on. >> jimmy: all billy crystal. [ applause ] this is yul brynner's sister. >> this was from a sketch we did when i was on "snl," called "life styles of the relatives of the rich and famous." and i was yul brynner's sister, ruth who was a travel agent. [ light laughter ] i said -- [ imitating accent ] "i can get there, but you have to go to atlanta." [ laughter ] it was on "snl." [ talking over each other ] great times. didn't you have good times when you did it? you had to change really fast? >> jimmy: it's the most fun thing in the world, because what people don't r

>> billy holliday, mahalia jackson.axophone is a man, guitar is a woman. >> brown: and what does that mean for how do, so you learn to play it? >> you learn to articulate sassiness, compassion, endurance, wisdom, you know even with the volume off you can just see a women going like this and you know what she's saying, she'll straighten you out you know. >> brown: but you have to put your own individual stamp on that guitar. >> you have to feel it in your gut, you know. you have to feel here, you have to feel the center of your heart, soul, heart, mind, body and your vitals in one note you know. >> brown: all together. >> all in one note soul, heart, mind, body-- one note. and then that's what gives people chills because if you just play mental music. people start talking anyway. how was your day. you know a real musician-- when you play, people don't talk. they go, "oh, i'm sorry. i can't talk to you right now." you know, because real musicians remind the listener of a forgotten song inside them and when you hear that f