Charlie Rose: In-Depth Interviews of Americas Best
Oct 2, 2026 · 43 min · 26 segments
Clive Davis, the music empresario responsible for so many talents in the music industry, died today. He was 94. It's an interesting time to talk about the life of Clive Davis as the music industry…
Clive DavisGuest
Charlie RoseHost
can we look at and say, maybe some of the people you just said, and it's in your nature to say, the people that I've recognized, I've signed, and that's where I think the future is, because that's what you do.
I lived and my career got jump-started by the rock revolution, and so it led to all the early signings, and that's why I got into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year.
to the extent that there is now a merging of whether it be rap and heavy metal, whether it be a merger of the spoken word and the rhyming in conjunction with a rock, so that young artists, yes, you find Eminem and Limp Bizkit and you see the rock artists and Red Hot Chili Peppers and they're performing together and they're going out together.
And there's no question that there has been a ferment of excitement caused by the hip hop revolution, a lot of which has clearly dismayed the elders in society.
It's the artist that create that so that where the next revolution is will be up to the creative artist.
My job is to spot it and to make that person feel very, very comfortable and supported along the way.
can we look at and say, maybe some of the people you just said, and it's in your nature to say, the people that I've recognized, I've signed, and that's where I think the future is, because that's what you do.
I lived and my career got jump-started by the rock revolution, and so it led to all the early signings, and that's why I got into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year.
to the extent that there is now a merging of whether it be rap and heavy metal, whether it be a merger of the spoken word and the rhyming in conjunction with a rock, so that young artists, yes, you find Eminem and Limp Bizkit and you see the rock artists and Red Hot Chili Peppers and they're performing together and they're going out together.
And there's no question that there has been a ferment of excitement caused by the hip hop revolution, a lot of which has clearly dismayed the elders in society.
It's the artist that create that so that where the next revolution is will be up to the creative artist.
My job is to spot it and to make that person feel very, very comfortable and supported along the way.
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