writingt, i am never anything down because they will find it and print it in rolling stone.ry or journal. i wrote one letter home about touring with the doors that i used as reference for the book and i was glad i had that. i was sitting next to this guy that wrote the bonding of desire. he said, are you going to write a book e i said, i can't write. i know how hard it is to write and i know the difference and he said, i think everybody has one story they can tell in an authentic way and get it out. people haveo many written about me and so much of it was inaccurate that i think i want my side of the story. renÉe fleming and her musical journey and how she developed as a singer. it would be interesting to tell my story because i am not the most important pop singer but i might be the most diverse in that era. i thought it would be good to show how those musical choices were not arbitrary. >>y were very deliberate. did linda ronstadt learned anything researching herself? >> i learned what a lousy memory i had. incredibleas an memory and my uncle has total recall. policeher wa

don't like something that's happening in the country, that it just reaches out and brings that into writingtnd starts opinions on it, which is, of course, contractor and -- of course, contrary. >> friday, c-span begins a series of oral history interviews with former supreme court justices. this week, former chief justice earl warren. radio.at c-span >> c-span -- we bring public affairs events from washington directly to you. putting you in the room at congressional hearings, white house events, briefings, and conferences, and offering complete gavel-to-gavel coverage of the u.s. house. we are c-span, created by the cable tv industry 35 years ago and funded by your local cable or satellite provider. hd.h us in >> "washington journal" continues. host: our coverage of the state of the union continues this morning. we are back up on capitol hill to talk to congressman john larson, democrat from connecticut. he sits on the ways and means committee. let's begin with a speech last night and where you think the two sides could come together from what the president put forth and actually address this