smokey robinson my favorite. >> let me jump in what did hockney teach them. >> we went to menlo parkhere 60% of kids are homeless. and david came in. went over to the flower vase. started to do it in front of the kids. we gave them each a tab let. they each picked a thing. and they each duplicated what he was doing on their own. with their own voice. >> right. >> and some of them you couldn't get them involved. some of them did. at the end 30 or 40 kids stood up with these drawings next to david hockney to have their picture taken. we're going to have those enlarged and put them in the building as art and bring in the kids to see the art with david hockney. and david said this is the greatest thing. >> it all started with hockney teaching them how to paint on the tab let. >> and chad smith, chili peppers drummer comes in and teaches how drumming is math. >> i feel it don't just hear it, i feel it coming out of you. at this point of your life given all you've accomplished and accolade you've received tell me about the joy you get spending time with these kids and bringing in artists w

since we're talking about great song writing let's talk smokey robinson they don't get much better thanall been on this program over the years, great songwriters, i'm curious from michael bolton's perspective what makes a great song? >> wow. i remember -- okay. well. that's a good question. because you know, with any humility, you happen upon it. you know, you are working. you have to show up in the writer's room whatever it is. a piano in a tiny room is fine. you have to be present for when inspiration shows up and you have to be a student of songwriting to write something that's going to be around a long time. i think anybody can write a song but smokey is a great example of someone who can write a song that's going to outlive all of us. many, many songs. he's also one of the nicest artists and icons i've ever met. love he and his wife. we've played golf together. it's great to have all this history. when it comes to songwriting relating to people's lives, writing something that everybody's been touched by and can relate to no matter what genre it is, it's got to be human. it's got to

thank you clayton. >> smokey robinson, i get what he was saying. i second that emotion.ssed very well, the articulation layer in the energy and enthusiasm is compelling. >> we should tell him that there's a picture of barry gordy's former home in your book. >> 918 boston boulevard. check it out. love detroit, i capture a lot of the. maybe not as expensive as some of the other things because there has just been done and done and done again. i think the color is exemplary of that in terms of people understanding the importance of motown. obviously, some of those things he is mentioned have not been absorbed as they should be in terms of the label and the concern. but even with film, going beyond after the left detroit in 1972 and got involved in hollywood, unit with the whole mahogany with diana ross. all of that is an important part of the legacy in history. i do not go into too much of that since it has been done so well elsewhere. particularly like marvin gaye, with divided soul, i think it is still one of the most important books because even i you are talking about ma