“My dad, Bob Blum, used to dash across Grand Central's main terminal ca...” — Jenna Blum Quote

“My dad, Bob Blum, used to dash across Grand Central's main terminal catwalk several times daily as a young CBS correspondent, running copy from newsroom to studio and back - because CBS' first broadcasts were from Grand Central Terminal. The pictures on people's television sets used to shake when the trains came in!”

“Make a list of activities that keep you tethered to your creative world, and put it where you can see it every day - like, right in the center of your image board.”

“Unlike writing a book, which can take several years, baking is instant gratification.”

“I can remember Bob Paisley was never happy.”

“Then about 12 years ago it dawned on me that folk music - the music of Woody Guthrie and Phil Ochs, early Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Pete Seeger - could be as heavy as anything that comes through a Marshall stack. The combination of three chords and the right lyrical couplet can be as heavy as anything in the Metallica catalogue.”

“I always give the example, if you turn on the radio today, black radio, Lenny Kravitz is not black. Bob Marley wasn't black: in the beginning, only white college stations played Bob Marley.”