We have been struggling shooting. It was just a matter of time before we started knocking them down again.

A couple of weeks ago, we didn't think we would have a chance at conference. We really didn't expect this at all.

A really cool thing about the Babyface Songbook is this is the first time that Babyface as a songwriter has been elevated to this level, ... I don’t pretend to be the one elevating him, but our treatment of him has that kind of integrity to it, that kind of dignity. In the pop world, you can be taken seriously…or not. As a pop songwriter, you can be here today and gone tomorrow. Babyface and his music have withstood the test of time. This project is a tribute to a great songwriter in the traditions of Cole Porter, Holland/Dozier and Irving Berlin. They all had the ability, through a lyric or a note, to find the common ground that unites us all, to find that something that thousands and thousands of people can feel intimately and profoundly. That is power, and that’s what these songs have. The music of Babyface goes straight to the heart.

The boundary is so important because it is a precise marker in geologic time,

I think the time away let him see the big picture. The technical part — which way do the hips face, where do your eyes go — that's where there is a little rust. But the spring is where you can shake the rust off.

They were like, couldn't you guys have picked a better time to do this, like after the game? They're not happy about it at all.