he found out what i did and said you people aren't serius and no. i begged and pleaded. got down on my knees and made a fool of myself and he said okay. i didn't know where he lived. i walked out my front door, turned right, past the elevator and walked on his door. and i studied with him for 32 years and he taught me what to do. >> that is a short story and a short walk. >> very short walk. and that's really why i can sing the way i can. i know that. i've had a lot of problems but i'm very fortunate because i found the right teacher. >> you mentioned being on stage and having these reminiscences about your life and former lovers, etc., etc. so for those of yours who have been fans for years, we know you and steels were an item back in the day. what is it to be on stage starting next week with steven steels who you dated back in the day and known forever but you never toured together? >> we met in 1968 in l.a. i was making an album called who know wheres the time goes and he was playing and we had this mad affair. i say the rumors lasted longer than the affair. of course

radion catch us on serius . 99.1 fm in washington, d.c. and a.m. 960 in the bay area.a on the bloomberg radio plus app. online at businessweek.com, tony fidel is famous for creating the iphone and ipod prototype. oliver: we set down with him to see what he sees for the future. >> one of the most important hardware designers today worked at apple and was a key engineer on the ipod and then the iphone. he built early prototypes of both devices and then he went and started nest, which is this, made this smart thermostat. best pioneered the idea of these smart home ideas that we are seeing, sold it to google for $2.3 billion, left last year and is taking a bit of a rest. he is working on something but will not say what it is. oliver: this is a guy we should listen to when we try to assess where technological devices are going and where technology is going. >> we had a nice conversation about the iphone, it is celebrating its 10 year anniversary. 2007 and i june 29, asked him, what is the next iphone going to look like? ?ill it be a phone his response was basically, no, he