Singer, songwriter, actor, author and now president of leading US collecting society ASCAP - one thing’s for certain: Paul Williams hasn’t wasted a moment of his 40-plus year career.
As a lyricist and composer he’s won just about every important award going and earned induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame for tracks including We’ve Only Just Begun, Rainy Days and Mondays and Let Me Be the One.
This bonafide lyrical titan is also behind The Muppet Movie’s Rainbow Connection and even The Love Boat theme song.
Since joining ASCAP to represent the rights of songwriters and composers around the world, he’s carried on creating, playing an important role in one of the biggest albums of 2013 – Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories.
We caught up with him on the red carpet of The Ivors, where he picked up the Special International Award, to hear his thoughts on the challenges facing songwriters in the digital age and learn more about his long and illustrious career…
As a lyricist and composer he’s won just about every important award going and earned induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame for tracks including We’ve Only Just Begun, Rainy Days and Mondays and Let Me Be the One.
This bonafide lyrical titan is also behind The Muppet Movie’s Rainbow Connection and even The Love Boat theme song.
Since joining ASCAP to represent the rights of songwriters and composers around the world, he’s carried on creating, playing an important role in one of the biggest albums of 2013 – Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories.
We caught up with him on the red carpet of The Ivors, where he picked up the Special International Award, to hear his thoughts on the challenges facing songwriters in the digital age and learn more about his long and illustrious career…
