Leonard Cohen goes on the record about:

How he saw himself as a writer
Women
Love
His time on Mt Baldy, living as a monk
His comeback, and
Ageing — or "The Third Act" as he referred to it

Paul McCartney goes on the record about:

• How The Beatles formed
• Why Pete Best was replaced
• The moment he knew they’d made it
• What set them apart from other English bands
• How close did they ever get to re-forming
• Playing The Ed Sullivan Show, and
• The "Paul is dead" farce

Plus:

• He’ll tell you how to write a song
• How he would teach music to kids
• He’s asked if it gets harder to write songs as you get older
• And he also lifts the lid on some Beatles classics.

Paul McCartney goes on the record about:

• His childhood
• The first song he wrote
• His influences
• Meeting Elvis
• Linda.

He also goes into great detail about John Lennon. You’ll hear him recount the time they first met — and it’s before that fateful day at the Woolton Fete.

• Why they started writing songs together
• How they wrote songs together
• Why they were so prolific
• Their feud, and
• Where he was when he heard Lennon had died.

And speaking of writing songs, you’ll hear him talk about some of his best post-Beatles compositions.

Keith Richards goes on the record about:

• Getting his first guitar
• Getting beaten up at school
• Meeting Mick Jagger
• The Stones 
• Drugs
• Songwriting
• His favourite obscure Stones song
• One song he’d love to call his own.

Plus he also gets very personal and speaks about his son dying of cot death.

Jeff Buckley goes on the record about:

• His childhood
• His voice
• Grace the concept
• Grace the album
• Rap.

Plus:

• His mother talks about when Jeff met his father, Tim
• One of his major influences speaks about Buckley the singer.

John Lennon goes on the record about:

• Double Fantasy
• Did the songs come easily to him?
• What was it like being back in a recording studio?
• Songwriting
• Being a house-husband
• Plus something about himself you never knew. 

John Lennon goes on the record about:

• When he first wanted out of The Beatles 
• Songwriting
• Thoughts of returning to England
• Meeting and working with Elton John and David Bowie
• Signing off in 1975
• What he did for the next five years
• What made him return to recording
• And, heartbreakingly, what the future held in his eyes.

Nick Cave goes on the record about:

• His childhood
• How he got into music
• Forming his first band and the story from The Birthday Party to The Bad Seeds
• Drugs
• Religion
• Influences,
• Fatherhood 
• Songwriting
• His music

Bruce Springsteen goes on the record about:

• The artist who has had the single biggest influence on his career
• Auditioning for legendary Columbia producer John Hammond
• Being dubbed “The New Dylan”
• Why he plays three-hour-plus concerts
• Why Born In The USA, the song, wasn’t on Nebraska
• Broadway
• His first band 
• His first gig
• The only song he’s ever recorded that came to him in a dream.

David Bowie goes on the record about:

• Androgyny
• Being pigeon-holed
• Working with John Lennon
• Drugs
• Berlin
• 1980s
• Songwriting
• His songs
• His legacy