How to Be a Man With Bill Withers

Death, Sex & Money

Slate Audio

Careers, Sexuality, Business, Health & Fitness, Relationships, Society & Culture

4.6 • 7.7K Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2014

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Admit you’re scared. Don’t make excuses. Be interesting. The Grammy-winning songwriter and singer talks candidly about a life lived with intention and the beauty of the perfect rhyme. Support Death, Sex & Money by becoming a monthly sustaining member. Sign up now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Don't worry about that sugar. If something bothers me, you know, I would say I don't want to talk about that.
0:05.6	I'm not that fragile, you know.
0:10.0	This is death part of life.
0:15.0	It's just a part of life.
0:18.0	It's the show from WNYC about the things we think about a lot.
0:22.0	Do you like sex? And need to talk about more?
0:25.0	There's more to life than a little money you know.
0:28.0	I'm Anna Sale.
0:30.0	Who in the world would come up with a title like that?
0:34.0	It's all the essential stuff, right?
0:38.0	Yeah, yeah.
0:39.0	If you reverse them, it's a story of a lot of people's lives.
0:42.0	That's a story of a lot of people's lives.
0:43.0	That's a story of rock and roll right there.
0:48.0	This guy knows something about that.
0:52.0	My name is Bill Withers.
0:54.0	And you know his songs.
0:56.0	Ain't no sunshine when she's
0:58.0	go.
1:00.0	Ain't no sunshine, lean on me, lovely day, just the two of us, use me.
1:07.0	Bill Withers hasn't released a new studio album in almost 30 years,
1:11.0	but he's totally okay with that.
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