but anyway - but. >> a mozart wig or. >> yeah, a mozart wig, yeah. i took a picture. i - i was p - playing - (piano) kind of - kind of feeling, you know, kind of - that - that period of time, you know? but the thing is that all those musicians, i was, like, reading their letters. for example, last - two nights ago, i was reading chopin's letters. oh, my god. he's always talking about, you know, what kind of food, what type of - coffee shop he liked to do. >> so he woulda been on twitter. >> absolutely. i mean, don't think they are like, you know, like - of course, they're musical gods. but they're s - totally normal you know? i mean, they were talking about what their favorite bread. "oh, i want to have apartment like that, you know, one salon. i saw two bedrooms.yeah. i mean, mozart is, like, always sending millions of kisses. "i want to kiss you thousand million times." i mean, for him, numbers are like nothing. i mean, thousand millions of times? i mean, what is that? >> you said you were working on a piece now that you had not played before. >> yeah. i'm - i'm now

>> classical beethoven mozart, bach. >> you don't just sit down one day and feeling out bach from theat i knew from the trumpet and went to the piano. >> reporter: you can read music? >> yes not like for keyboard i can't read it directly. the cello piece i played for the piano. >> reporter: what does playing the piano do for you? >> therapy hobby interests i want to be professional, little bit of everything. >> reporter: does anybody else here play? >> no, i teach them little scales and they learned. they like hip hop beats songs that are already made. i teach them how to do that. flow all day but when it comes to a little sonata, forget it. >> reporter: what are you doing now? >> a cello suite by bach. >> how does it go? >> see if i remember it. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: cambiahar let him keep his trumpet when he arrived and later found him apiano. aa piano.but not everyone here has found their way to peace. the meskite unit is about to explode. >> more from inside this weekend on al jazeera america kids behind bars, a soledad o'brien special report this sunday at 10:00 p.m. eastern. that's "

plays mozart because he believes that will help him connect with the harmonies of the universe.n was that way. he was great at connecting art to science. leonardo was the greatest. but get back to the innovators, one problem with the innovators and the criticism of it is that every day i get for five letters saying you left out people who did basic. i would like to have a multimedia crowd source, open source book. maybe with the digital loyalty system and share in the loyalties where people take a book like this and that's there as a foundation. they add to the chapters and say here's what happened with this innovator i worked with and what he was doing with the computers in it at carnegie or wherever. all these people are writing in saying you didn't put in this or you didn't put in that. i need to have a way to have a living growing book and i hope to have that in five years or so. especially if there is a way to have a cyber story that allows anyone to create something and a piece of the royalties. >> there's one vote so far for da vinci. >> alley and allen in fullerton calif

a little bit of classical: beethoven, mozart, bach. >> how did you learn? i mean you don't just sit down one day and start feeling out bach on the piano. >> nah, i just, took what i know from the trumpet and translated it to the piano. >> how do you play, for example, the bach pieces that you like? i don't see any sheet music... oh, here you go, a little. >> yeah. >> so you can read music? >> yes... but not like, for piano i kind of like- i can't really read it directly. like that one's actually for the cello, i actually took the cello piece and played it on piano. >> what, um, what does playing the piano do for you? >> it's therapy, and a hobby, an interest. i wanna be a professional you know its just a little bit of everything. >> does anybody else here play? >> nah, not really, like i teach them, you know the- [plays a scale] the little scales and different- they like little hip hop beats, you know like songs that are already made so i teach them how to play those. like you'll have kids make beats and flow all day but when it comes to a little sonata or

do you ever still play around with both mozart come and number two, you hear politicians talking abut the need for tax breaks for the job creators and then the ball straight journal reports on how many large corporations like wal-mart can have their employees don't make enough to live on and they have to go on public assistance and food stamps and i know you were on this earned income tax credit but what about the people that are going to pay their employees on how much to? thank you. >> guest: on mozart, first i don't play anymore and the reason i don't play the horn anymore if i'm out of shape and i don't have the chops for it. so i listen a lot particularly with my kids i enjoy great music and i enjoy other people's suffering while they play music more than i enjoy my own self suffering through a lot of these great pieces. when it comes to paying a fair wage, i understand the sentiment. what can i see corporations that make a lot of money. while the executives coming at me have employees that are really on the edge. the problem that we see is what a lot of the corporations, they ar

. >> and the last word the 18 -- the 14-month-old daughter is fed a steady diet of mozart only s that not right? >> that is correct. [laughter] >> and let me close these proceedings by quoting ralph waldo emerson in a letter he wrote walt whitman. i greet you at the beginning of a great career. [applause] thank you very much. thank you. thank you all for coming. [inaudible conversations] >> interested in american history? watch american history television on c-span3 every weekend. 48 hours of people and events that help document the american story. visit c-span.org/history for more information. >> here's a look at some books that are being published this week. in "my journey with maya," tavis smiley recounts his 28-year friendship with the late maya angelou. in "american war lord," johnny dwyer looks at the life of the son of charles taylor the only american ever to be convicted of torture. jamie smith cofounder of blackwater security, recounts his time as a private paramilitary contractor in "gray work." utah senator mike lee argues the federal government has ignored important consti

and when mozart -- i mean, when einstein is trying to do general relativity as i described before ind all hell is breaking loose, he believes that mozart's chords help him connect with the harmonies of the universe. ben franklin is that way. ada lovelace, as i said earlier is great at connecting art to science. leonardo is the greatest. but you get back to the part two of the innovators i mean one problem, you know, with the innovators and criticism of it is every day i get four or five letters saying you left out, you know seymour clay or you left out the people who did basic at dartmouth, whatever. i would like to someday have a multimedia crowd-sourced open source book maybe with a digital royalty system in which people take a book like "the innovators," and that's there you know, as the foundation, but they write are other chapters like ornaments that they put on. they say, you know here's what happened at bell labs or xerox park, or here's what happened you know, with this innovator i worked with who was doing supercomputers at mit or carnegie mellon. all these people have writt

. ♪ [music break] amy: mozart's string quintet in g minor recorded by hausmusik.ormed in 1986, they were first modern musical ensemble to perform chamber music on period instruments. this is democracy now! democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. juan: after a national outcry both indiana and arkansas have passed fixes to their so-called "religious freedom" laws that threatened to sanction anti-lgbt discrimination. both measures were signed into law thursday by the states's governors. this is republican indiana house speaker brian bosma. >> what was intended as a message of inclusion, inclusion of all religious believes, was interpreted as a message of exclusion, especially for the lgbt community. nothing could of been sure are further from the truth, but it is clear the perception had to be addressed. hoosier hospitality had to be restored. amy: the revisions to indiana's religious freedom restoration act provide new protections to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees, tenants and customers, lawmakers. the fixes

when he took them off, he became mozart. he became a different person. charlie: he became an artist. brian: and so i loved meeting barack obama as a senator when he was in office number 99. one of the worst offices. that was really interesting to me. it was like going to the department of motor vehicles. instead, a senator who became the president. i thought that was interesting. princess di was interesting. charlie: how did you get to her? brian: it took a lot of effort. eventually, it was a year later and it was fortuitous. we got to premiere, a royal premiere of "apollo 13" and she chose to be the person not with charles but alone. she asked if i would sit -- i was requested to sit across from her. charlie: it was a long conversation. brian: several hours. it was amazing. charlie: talk to me about, i believe questions have power and if i write, it is about that idea that questions have powers. they have power in themselves and often more important than the answers. they will bring forward an idea and how the person reacts or not react says something a

when he took the gloves off he became mozart.enator when he was in the senate in office number 99, which was probably one of the worst offices. but that was really interesting to me. it was like going to the departmentÑi of motor vehicles butñr instead it was a senator that becaóe the president of the united states. so i thought that was interesting. princess di was very interesting. >> rose: how did you get to her? >> that took a lot of effort. it took a lot of effort andÑi eventually it was a year laterxd and it was fortuitous that we got to premier -- have a royalÑitõk chose to be the person not with charles but alone and she askedq&c @&c sit directly across from her. >> rose: that was axd long conversation. >> several hours. >> rose: so talk to me about -- because i believe, as youxd know,Ñi very much, that questions have power. >> yes. >> rose: and if i write, it's about that idea that questions have power. they have power in themselves. often they're more important than the answers becauseÑi they will put forward an idea an

and i paused, and he stared at me and he took his gloves off and he became mozart.tely professorial type of person. >> and opened up with just the simplest question. i think that's what can be so disarming is well getting people to explain themselves in some way. >> yes. >> how about with princess diana. >> princess diana was extraordinary. i sent her many letters and -- i would even call the palace. i mean, sounds crazy, but then i met -- >> they must have thought you were a little bit crazy. >> it was -- it was a courageous act or -- but i did, and i got together with her. what i found was that she had such deep humanity, it was palpable. you could feel her humanity. the way she treated people, she observed everything in the room and every person in the room and cared about making them feel good, and it was a powerful -- >> you know what, not everyone has a hollywood producer's rolodex but you really end the book and i think this is important, about advice on how people can might put curiosity to work for them every day. >> i think people can put curiosity to work

and that felt like a threshold issue and he became mozart, he was gigantically articulate. >> did i hearerybody was george w. bush. >> i said that. but on your show i'm going to revise that. >> all right. >> because george w. bush was very friendly. although he stood differently. he didn't stand towards me. he put his shoulder up against my shoulder and i had to look at him and speak to him like that -- >> for an hour? >> close. yeah. close. >> conversation. >> but he was -- he was a very kind man. very kind and warm guy. elon musk who i plan on doing a television -- a series about mars with him -- >> spacex guy. >> and he's slightly intimidating because he's so brilliant. his brilliance is overpowering. >> before you go, and this is at the end of your book, you say how to have a curiosity conversation. because if you do, it will enhance your life. the thumbnail sketch of how to do it is how? >> is you find a subject that you're interested in. then you try to locate the expert in that subject. then you do research. then you create a strategy to meet that person which could take a year or

i mean, i melt like he could be -- heats mozart you know but he wore those goofy gloves and when i sawf he will become another person. he will become the person i -- >> did he? >> yes. he was able to granulate with great specificity how he creates beats, music and the entire composition how that blends with his dance. >> and princess diana, you talked about a deep humanity you could just pick up in her presence presence presence. >> i had a good fortune of meeting her, the release of" pail oheh "apolo 13" i thought, i'll ask her to share a bowl of ice cream, break etiquette. it opened her us and for me it felt like date with princess di. >> were you preparing when isaac walked off? >> so prolific difficult on all scientific fiction robotics and sat with him, supposed to be an hour. in a couple of minutes he said i think we're finished. here in new york. >> oh, definitely happen mike barnicle. >> the book which you've done a wonderful anecdote to what goz on today. i want to ask you, are you at all concerned, given your curiosity, the fact you have these conversations with a wide variet