the linda ronstadt version is -- is great. that's what i'm using." doesn't sing. you've got to do the third verse." i said, "well, we've already recorded the song and it only has two verses." she said, "no, you've got to go back and do the third verse. and the third verse, actually, is the greatest verse." ♪ i wish you love >> and that gave me the boom, "and i" moment. ♪ and i >> yeah, i came up with that, the boom and i. ♪ hello ♪ is it me you're looking for >> lionel richie knows a thing or two about love songs. and he'll undoubtedly be sharing some of his expertise as a judge on the new "american idol." >> you're going to hollywood! >> the first time lionel richie wrote a song for hollywood was for the film by the same name "endless love." that starred a 16-year-old brooke shields. richie recalls the producers asking him to turn the song into a duet. >> and then they say, "who should do the duet." they said, "diana ross." and i said, "diana ross? diana ross?" "and who would think should be able to sing it with her?" "well, me of course." >> it was

jackson browne, j.d., linda ronstadt, joni mitchell, james taylor.. >> is it difficult to reveal it constantly to so many people? why do you have to do this? >> i feel an obligation to people and to myself to try and share myself, maybe as honestly as i can. ♪ i left my folk and friends with the aim to clear my mind out ♪ ♪ well i hit the rowdy road and many kinds i met there ♪ ♪ many stories told me all the ways to get there ♪ ♪ ooh ♪ so on and on i go the seconds tics the time out ♪ ♪ there's so much left to know and i'm on the road to find out ♪ >> everyone was just trying to do whatever came into their head. >> in the early days paul and i, we wanted to be the goff and king of england. they were very big those days. >> we had no idea who the people were, the mysterious mr. king was. wrote the songs, chains the beatles did, i'm into something good. which was part of the british invasion. we did discover this remarkable woman, carole king. >> carole king made the transition from being behind the scenes woman to a star in her own right. ♪ i feel the

i'm very thankful to our ceo linda galipo who has been a huge advocate for this, our cfo, and ronstadtwright and rebecca henderson who provides the work for the actual apprenticeship. so in the apprenticeship they get live, on the job training and they're actually, woing in the offices and they're getting training every day and they're doing real work supporting our clients like ups and delta, anthem and coca-cola. they provide us with a supplemental part of our workforce and they are treated just like any part of our family. at the end of the 12 weeks we much on to a -- the thrive phase where they interview, they actually do a presentation for our executives. they talk about what they've learned through their journey through the higher hope program and they have an opportunity to interview for longer term positions with our client partners as well as with internal to ronstadt. we are really proud of the work that we do for higher hope because at the end of the day in the words of dr. martin luther king, life's most persistent, urgent question is what will we do for others? if we, the