Sunday, November 3, 2013

Kenny Loggins on relationships

Relationships was the topic of conversation between singer songwriter Kenny Loggins and Jennifer McLean on Healing with the Masters, Series 12.

In recent years of his musical career, Kenny teamed up with two other award-winning songwriters Gary Burr and Georgia Middleman, and the blend of voices is magical. (Watch and listen to "Dream" performance of the Blue Sky Riders.) He talks with Jennifer about how the magic happened and continues:

  • Learn to expand in new ways; move into a place in life with convictions of the heart.
  • Be present. Be transparent and completely honest. Tell the truth gently.
  • Speak the truth and be with someone who wants to hear the truth.
  • You need to have a willing partner.
  • Start with a social agreement, a method of operation. Integirty is a primary objective. I answer to myself.
  • Your first relationship is with yourself because that dictates your relationships with others. Do you love yourself?
  • As we write the songs, we see what we stand for. I feel fully alive on stage.
  • Live with your heart open. You need to have access to the heart to feel, to write. Just keep saying yes and see where it takes you.
  • If you feel a spark, follow it. Explore it!