changers, i think, for all of the musicians who took in the '88 tour, we had springsteen, doors, tracy chapman and i think for all of us, it was unlike any other experiences we had had. >> what's your sense of artists and musicians getting involved in causing like this? to feel good that you can change something? or do you think it really influences change? >> i don't think, you know, that the popular conception is we just do it to pop ourselves up and assuage our guilt, but i don't think it is like that. i don't think any of us would waste the time to do it if we didn't think it was going to make a difference. with the amnesty tour, for instance, the membership was doubled worldwide. music, yes, . >> actually, as you guys know, you've got to film it in the right way. you've got to make it edited in such a way that it delivers the content in a meaningful and powerful and short enough, concise enough form that it actually makes a difference, touches people, and then, as i was learning even yesterday from -- because there has been a seismic shift. our dream is to get cameras to the world. we cou

changers, i think, for all of the musicians who took in the '88 tour, we had springsteen, doors, tracy chapman and i think for all of us, it was unlike any other experiences we had had. >> what's your sense of artists and musicians getting involved in causing like this? to feel good that you can change something? or do you think it really influences change? >> i don't think, you know, that the popular conception is we just do it to pop ourselves up and assuage our guilt, but i don't think it is like that. i don't think any of us would waste the time to do it if we didn't think it was going to make a difference. with the amnesty tour, for instance, the membership was doubled worldwide. music, yes, . >> actually, as you guys know, you've got to film it in the right way. you've got to make it edited in such a way that it delivers the content in a meaningful and powerful and short enough, concise enough form that it actually makes a difference, touches people, and then, as i was learning even yesterday from -- because there has been a seismic shift. our dream is to get cameras to the world. we cou

it was tracy chapman from back in the day, and it was sarah mclaughlin, and it was adele, but not cheerfuld adele. what do you think that tells you about how you're characterized? >> i think there can be a lot of assumptions made if one only knows me for the couple of you know hits that they knew in the 90's. if you give a little more look, or a little more thought into it or ever come see me live, you'll see that there's a whole wide spectrum of a whole lot of amazing music and there's a lot of joy, a lot of joy. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> ifill: which is why seeing you on stage with aretha franklin and patti labelle, pretty much sums it up. >> that's what it's about. it is, it's about the love of performing, the love of music and how it can make people feel. >> ifill: okay, you're 53 years old. you've had an amazing career, how do you define your, your sound now? >> you know, well this album, where i am right now is, is it straddles the r&b, soul, rock 'n roll all the way over to country. it, it's, that's why i called it, "this is m.e.," because it's it's just the, the car that i'm driving in is a littl