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If the trump presidency has you yearning for his predecessor, pick up my book, "we are the change we seek, the speeches of president barack obama." we compiled the most significant speeches throughout his career. the book is currently available at all your favorite retailers and pick up your copies and back in a minute with multi-grammy award winner bill withers. live in this very studio right here in sunny california next. ♪ dear predictable, theres no other way to say this.

Activists right now? >> where do you go? its more or less being an illustrator. ill give you an example. one of my songs, "i cant write left-handed." i never was in vietnam. marvin gay did "whats going on," marvin did eight months in the air force and they kicked him out because they thought he was nuts. those are illustrators. activists are guys that get out there like judge mathis and jim brown, guys that get out there and actually put their hands on these people and try to change their minds....

>> thank you. im really appreciative for you. >> appreciate you. coming up in our next hour, a star studded "am joy" continues. rob ryner and will withers will join us. ♪ ive got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesnt pay all my medical expenses, i looked at my options. then i got a medicare supplement insurance plan.

I have to. we have to answer the call. comedians must serve. >> the sexy little zsh the sexy liberal comedy story is hilarious so its going to be fun. same question to you. do you think a comediancorrespo? >> only if you agree. >> youre saying dennis miller should do it? >> thats the only option. >> he dont get that much work anymore. i dont think he can avoid a boycott. >> you said it. >> all right. we are out of time. i hear in my ear which could be the voice of -- its our live producer. thank...

>> thats interesting, see? so its hard to nail it down. wait a minute, joy, on the way over here i wrote down my definition of the time. am i allowed to do that? >> absolutely. youre allowed to do whatever you want, bill withers. >> im going to give you my description of today. >> okay. >> the times we are living in now could aptly be described as synonymous with a slang description of someone who has intimate relations with someones mother. >> you need to explain that to the audience, bill with...

So will tonights speeches or songs get political? joining me now to talk music and politics is multiple grammy award-winner and hall of famer bill withers. so good to see you. >> you, too! >> youve won eight in 1972 and won again for just the two of us in 1982 and multiple grammy award winner. give us what you think will happen tonight. do you think the artists will use that moment when they win to get political? >> some of them might and some of them might not because they might not want to get...