Paul Williams and Tracey Jackson on ‘Gratitude and Trust’
Over the years, many of songwriter Paul Williams’ greatest successes have been collaborations.
He earned an Oscar with Barbra Streisand for their song “Evergreen” for “A Star is Born” (1976). With Kenny Ascher, he penned Kermit the Frog’s signature number, “The Rainbow Connection.” And just last year, he took home an Album of the Year Grammy thanks to his contributions to Daft Punk’s hit LP, “Random Access Memories.”
Now, Williams has partnered with screenwriter and author Tracey Jackson for his first book, “Gratitude and Trust: Six Affirmations That Will Change Your Life,” due out on Tuesday, Sept. 16, through Blue Rider Press.
“If we were writing a specific section of the book, we would write a couple of pages separately, and I think what surprised me the most is how well our language fit together,” Williams said.
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