Nancy Wilson Smithsonian Interview Block 687 (Q16862)

We were able to convince Maya Angelou to - it didn't take much. She would allow us to put music to one of her poems. Of course she said yes, and we were down to about - we had three choices, and Turned to Blue was the one that made the most sense. But we went through - collected and went through most of her things, and that was the one we wanted to put to music.