love you >> joining me on the phone, another legendary musician, 12-time grammy award-winner, herbie hancockk times" reporter and music critic john peralis. thank you for being with us. and herbie, listening to that again, and listening on the grammys, how many people could do that in a live performance? it's astonishing to me at the height of her gifts what she could do with a song. >> i know. it's amazing the degree of passion that pours through her voice and reaches right to your heart. she had that completely sewn up. >> and you've been around great musicians practically your whole life. where does whitney houston stand in our cultural history, do you think? >> oh, she is among the top set of -- like zeus -- of the cultural icons. she has influenced so many singers after her, even singers who themselves are influencing the next-generation of singers, and this is going to pass down through the future. for many, many, many years to come. >> and you know, john, that's one of the things that struck me last night watching the grammys. one was her influence on young singers, and the other was