Kenny Loggins | Full Episode 9.2.22 | Firing Line with Margaret Hoover | PBS

Legendary singer-songwriter Kenny Loggins discusses writing enduring hits for films like “Top Gun” and "Footloose," reuniting with Jim Messina, and other highs and lows of his 50-year career as he's out with his memoir, "Still Alright."
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[@maedaminda7720]

Love you Kenny💕💕💕your songs inspire me so much since my childhood life please stay 50 more years🌸🌸🌸

[@Dana9437]

Re-discovering your music now that I just turned 74. Glad you're still out there writing and singing! Your music has so much depth and feeling and I'm impressed that your wrote "the house at Pooh Corner" when you were still in high school! I'm glad I have you back in my life!

[@NCloyd51]

Kenny Loggins a life long favorite, been listening since the beginning and still listening today. Kenny’s music along with this interview bring back memories I treasure. Thank you Kenny. 🔥 Fabulous interview.

[@planetwalker798]

Yes 😊

[@bbaciliere]

We love you Kenny! Thank you for sharing your talent with the world! You created so many bangers, got your musics in Hollywood classics! What a beautiful career! ♥️

[@kennyLogins]

Thanks for the great love ❤️ and support you show me as a special fan of mine😍, I hope you won't stop listening to tracks , and thanks for your sincere Compliment and love towards my tracks ❤️may God bless you.

[@terrytari1891]

I'm a big fan of Kenny L! Kenny Rogers said that his wife is a big fan of Kenny Logins!

[@thiararamos4482]

Eu amo kenny loggins ❤

[@corinneromabiles2410]

We love Kenny Loggins in the Philippines!

[@rebeccamichaels7266]

So much talent and still adorable.

[@marymagdalene3004]

Very handsome. Interesting that as he has gotten older his Italian ancestry becomes more dominant. Looking at him in this video hard to imagine that he actually is one/half Irish-English.

[@katherinetherese2736]

I like the song “ This Is It”

[@leighchapman5253]

my DADS fave song

[@davidjewell3227]

Good for Kenny he appears quite eloquent and straight forward in the interview, I was impressed with his presentation and responses

[@MattLatham-e7v]

Enjoyed this interview with one of my favourite artists of all time, Kenny Loggins. His voice, his melodies, the diverse range of styles - there are very few artists like him nowadays. Never saw Margaret Hoover before (perhaps because I am from England). Although the questions are prewritten she came across well and showed a warm charm. Furthermore she is absolutely stunning. Her husband is very lucky. Back to Kenny.. an absolute legend and I will be buying your book soon. 🙏🙌🎵🎤🎸

[@mariocastro7379]

Great interview! He really does have a big heart!

[@judyvalencia3257]

Love Kenny Loggins! Whatever music he created, always moved me.

[@eldergloriaperez2377]

Great interview always a fan of Mr Loggins

[@kennyLogins]

Thanks for the great love ❤️ and support you show me as a special fan of mine😍, I hope you won't stop listening to tracks , and thanks for your sincere Compliment and love towards my tracks ❤️may God bless you.

[@ritchellagura5565]

I love singing Heart to heart in every party we have.. people always love it! kenny loggins ETERNAL!

[@colleenvogt2412]

Truly, a great interview. TY Margaret and TY KL!

[@martinbaggott1052]

My daughters are now in their 40s. They’ve seen his concerts since they were 10. To this day every concert they go to they always use Kenny’s concerts as the standard to judge how good they are. Thank you for giving us a lifetime of great music experiences. Love you Kenny.

[@VickySwindoll]

Love all his music especially celebrate me home!

[@gracekirk1922]

Pooh Corner makes me tear up! My Son & I would watch The Many Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh so many times! I am a big Pooh & Friends fan! ❤️Kenny Loggins ! Thanks for the memories! I will definitely get the Audible Edition of his book! Great interview!🇨🇦

[@luisbenavides6051]

What a great display of intelligence and sensitivity on both Margaret asking thoughtful questions and Kenny answering them. Truly enjoyed this interview.

[@planetwalker798]

Well said and agreed. Refreshing to hear thoughtful dialogue.

[@sineadned5145]

" Meet me halfway" GREAT song ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@RocStarr913]

Even the awful, melodramatic arm wrestling movie it was made for couldn’t dim how awesome it is.

[@sharonroseman5918]

His whole sound changed when he connected with the other blue eyed soul brother...Michael Mcdonald..love KL..glad I got to see him in concert recently..Definitely r/b influenced

[@Sbannmarie]

Santa Barbarian here. We love you Kenny!

[@r-pieces]

kudos to Ms. Hoover, great interview. I grew up with Kenny's music.

[@caroledrury1411]

He is a thoughtful, perceptive and brilliant human being who for a change portrays an interview with upmost reverence and care. I am thankful for being reminded of what a great talent and original songwriter he was for me when I was in my 20s and to have this update on what he’s doing now

[@jrs2024]

omg, LOVE YACHT ROCK RADIO. The best playlist of my favorite songs & some I haven’t heard in a long time but nostalgic. I agree, Mr Loggins, love smooth jazz & R&B too. Thank you for this interview with a genius musician & beloved respected man.

[@anonleeleichner3915]

Thank you Mr. Loggins for sharing⭐🎵✌😎🎵🎶

[@JaegerDives]

Great interview. There are many parallels that I see with James Taylor's perspective at this stage of life and career. Do what you love with people you love. I'm glad to see these idols of mine embracing this as I walk into my 60's. I haver no desire to retire and look forward to sharing my love and life and experience with everyone I can and continue learning.

[@michaelhostetler5190]

Love Kenny. I grew up listening to him....

[@sharonmathis-washington3455]

I have always loved Kenny Loggins solo & Kenny with Jim Messina . You will always be near my heart 💜 ❤😊❤ . Love You Kenny forever . God bless your retirement from touring .

[@sharonmathis-washington3455]

So sorry I couldn’t get to your “This Is It Tour ,” you & Michael McDonald really brought it with the song “This Is It .” My blue eyed soul brothers will keep your songs on repeat . You kept yourself together and kept it moving. Thanks Ms Hoover for asking all the questions that you asked and Kenny gave you answers . The 70’s were my time ; entering college and getting into your music .🎶 Oh what a time it was . I hope if you make an appearance at some event in the future I’ll be there on the front row or table in the center of the room . I’ll be following the fun if my I get a chance to see you before either of us leaves here . Thank you Kenny for your music 🎼 down there brought the years or over the rainbow 🌈 .

[@susancoffey9632]

Loggins and Messina was one of my favorite bands growing up. I’m glad they’re still friends.

[@Sbannmarie]

He’s doing what sparks joy! Shout out to Marie Kondo.

[@lindabuck2777]

Very few make it to my soundtrack of life-he’s one! Enjoy family and the fruits of your labor! Blessings always🙏🏻❤️❤️❤️

[@cnc41LORD]

God bless you for sharing great music through the years and your life story, "Highs" and "Lows."

[@longtalljay]

Always loved Kenny, but the interviewer was also perfect for this.

[@nancyelsas1638]

I’m very eclectic - appreciate all kinds of art, music, cuisine, etc…. to me it’s all amazing and wonderful.

[@tula7141]

I wish we could stay young for at least two lifetimes so you could go back to the redwoods, which was magical.

[@nancyelsas1638]

Do absolutely love old school; but also love neo musicians

[@edgardocasuga5074]

A fine, sensible high-calibre interview! Kudos Ms Marge Hoover! Love it!

[@sammcbride2149]

I don't know how any two musicians ever stay together. The music business is brutal

[@lolodee3528]

Might be holding fast against storms; giving each other a wide berth; sense of humor. Off the top of my head. It’s gotta be rough.

[@John-zt6yw]

Toughest business of them all.

[@musoangelo]

Wow, it's really cool to see Margaret's fan girl side. Good interview, but different from her other interviews.

[@jeffreyspatzspatz3863]

He's great glad I got to see him and talk to him on a radio show ♥️

[@billgrogan3747]

Great Interview! Thank you

[@StanfordCrane]

Kenny, I'm a huge fan, but I've gotten connected to you indirectly through two of my friends, Tony Scott and Danny Morgan. Let me explain. I was in Vail, Colorado having dinner with friends when you and your entourage, sorry, but your were very big, and your group sat down next to our table for dinner. Our parties were on the parallel paths when suddenly you said, "Okay everybody, let's wrap it up. We've got to go see Danny Morgan's show." Danny was a friend of mine and coincidentally, I was supposed to play guitar on a couple of songs with him at his show that night. We left a few minutes after you and then the problems started. The line to see Danny outside the venue was as long as a football field. I was worried my group would never get into the show, let alone my ability to play with Danny. A friend of mine at that time was an executive in Procter & Gamble and she ushered me up to the front of the line. When I presented my name to the bouncer at the door, he said, "Oh, sure, you're on the headliner list, so go on in." I gathered my friends and went in, making my way to the stage, picking up the guitar Danny had left for me. We played two songs, neither of which I had rehearsed, but that's another story, and then the lights came up for the break. Danny saw you, Kenny, right in front of the stage and he rushed over to me saying, "Why didn't you tell me Kenny Logins was here?" I said, "What was I supposed to do? Walk over and say, "Hey, Danny, Kenny Logins is sitting right over there?" The next day Danny and I laughed about it. Then many years later I had a chance to work with Tony Scott, the legendary director of Top Gun. Tony was behind our nescient property, World Moto Clash. We talked about Danger Zone, the famous Tom Cruise clip and how it applied to motorcycle racing. I remember being at a race track and seeing the national champion Donny Green's bike with a sign on the back that said - "Danger Zone". Unfortunately, Tony met an untimely death, which we couldn't have imagined, but that is often the tragedy of creative geniuses. Thankfully, you are not one of those tragedies. Anyway, don't stop creating. There is now expiration date on genius and thank you for providing many, many hours of musical enjoyment and inspiration for me, and I'm certain, millions of others!

[@thomasbernecky2078]

Still better than all right, Thanks Kenny!

[@cdub1934]

Great interviewer and interview!❤️

[@kenny665loggins]

Thanks for the great love ❤️ and support you show me as a special fan of mine😍, I hope you won't stop listening to tracks , and thanks for your sincere Compliment and love towards my tracks ❤️may God bless you.

[@robertallen5210]

This was a very good interview. His music is a priceless contribution to American performing art - but Kenny himself is an even more valuable (and valued) treasure. What an extraordinary human being he is.

[@BeateFischbach]

Oh my Kenny your voice is the most beautiful i ever heard❤

[@danmayberry1185]

Hopefully new Top Gun is a gateway to appreciation for Long Tail Cat, Watching The River Run, and his amazing back catalog.

[@shannabyrd-jackson9989]

Tell it Kenny!👏🏽👏🏽

[@lisacranmer8005]

Cool..so many happy times...🌻

[@beeonthyme5760]

I've watched other videos of KL interviews. I appreciate more talk about his musical directions.

[@Eddee8177]

FATHERHOOD is very important for FAMILIES 👪

[@williambarndt3017]

Fantastic interview!

[@cristinatrinanes2747]

Great interview👏👏👏😊

[@oneitalia2312]

Great, great job, Margaret! I adore Kenny ❤

[@jesamie1387]

Wow..i can't believe he is "kenny loggins".. He seems very humble man,by the way he talks (since i don't know him personally).Bilib naman ako sayo sir 💙

[@bobhogg4174]

We heart you Kenty Loginst.

[@azwris]

Kenny is so correct 24:05

[@delorean785]

*One of the founding fathers of Yacht Rock !⛵*

[@RocStarr913]

That name really cheapens the music.

[@donnalearn]

I would love to see Kenny Loggins and Keith Urban do songs together.

[@wiseone5968]

Big Fan!

[@conniewoodruff4706]

❤. Kenny

[@pamprunpkr]

Are we watching the same interview????!!!

[@grandmaphyllienewman9639]

good read!!

[@watchman11000]

You say there are no dirty words, just dirty minds. I say it takes a dirty mind to use dirty words. 💥👀

[@sharonmathis-washington3455]

I loved ❤this interview with Margaret ! She’s good at what she does .😊😊❤❤❤❤ “Danger Zone”.

[@sphmoran28]

Margaret did an amazing job here. She asked interesting and important questions and Kenny answered them honestly and intelligently. I enjoyed watching this interview.

[@mgomez5606]

Have never seen this show.

[@zenvirgil]

Why the heck was she reading on a teleprompter the questions for the interview with the legendary Kenny Loggins?

[@molly5262]

Exactly!! She’s a terrible interviewer.

[@johnmourer5747]

Very scripted on her part.

[@memorykeepersarchive3953]

Margaret is clearly not a "team crazy" Trumper. She's more of a Nixon-era Classic Republican and I wasn't aware that these folks still-existed. They show up now about as often as confirmed unicorn sightings. She conducted a wonderful interview w/ Kenny Loggins and he was very good and thoughtful w/ his answers. Very well done. Thank you!

[@ciarraibuzz]

Margaret Hoover did such a nice job interviewing Kenny Loggins. We enjoyed it a lot. The same goes for her interview of Paulina Porizkova. Really nice job. We are not regular viewers of Firing Line, but I think Hoover is getting better. It has to do with relaxing and being less self-conscious. Her hair was much prettier for Loggins's show. Another aspect of Hoover is, imho, the fact that she comes across as just spectacularly good looking. This is ordinarily not an impediment, but I think she knows this and seems akward about it. When she relaxes and just is, she performs better and the product feels better.

[@susancoffey9632]

I’m surprised that Kenny and Jim are the same age. I always thought Jim was older because he had already been in two bands.

[@GoddessFactor007]

This girl is a robot. This man revealed some of the most raw & vulnerable points in his life: and this chick would just look down at her paper and ask the next question. How on Earth did she get this gig?

[@Don-co9zs]

its what the social media approval seeking generations like, so it sells

[@kvnmlm]

Brutally bad interviewer.

[@Joywldlife]

I agree - terrible interviewer. To be lucky enough to be able to speak with an icon and she blew it. She sounded like a schoolteacher giving a pupil an oral exam. I loved Kenny tho!

[@molly5262]

@lbradley9020 - Agree 💯! She’s sounds robotic & just very much rehearsed.

[@marymagdalene3004]

She replaced more in-depth responsive questions with a big smile. Not a cheerleading convention Ms. Hoover. This is a Kenny Loggins interview!!

[@lindaanthony7890]

Great interview.

[@gailcarey3597]

I had to detox from my anxiety medicine. I took them a very short while, but detoxing took twice that time.

[@Pwj579]

@19:14 Kenny have to disagree about melding the "80s melodic approach" with the current 'Techology approach" . Elton John just did it for a money grab. If you do something similar, I think a lot of fans would be disappointed, but hey they are your songs and if you want to make money that way its your decision. Just not my thing I guess. But seriously who could ADD ANYTHING to your songs? Danger Zone, Meet me Halfway, Footloose, I'm alright, I'm Free, Pooh Corner, Danny's Song, Celebrate Me Home.... PS Lady Gaga's Top Gun 2 song kinda stunk....It was no Terri Nunn performance. The sauce missing from the Top Gun 2 Soundtrack was Giorgio Moroder the man who made the 80s Soundtrack, whom Kenny collaborated with. Hans Zimmer is good at a few things, but Morodoer helped shape the 80s sound.

[@RocStarr913]

1980’s music was also driven by technology, by synthetic instruments.

[@dianelitman5956]

I’m not familiar with Margaret, but that was a good interview. Smart questions and pleasant style.

[@rwnorris24]

@18:27 You, Ms. Hoover. -R.W.N II

[@MarcyShar]

Very smart man

[@edgardocasuga5074]

handsome then--handsome npw...

[@annehajdu8654]

Lots of plastic surgery, especially around the eyes.

[@thiararamos4482]

Te amo kenny loggins 😢 ❤

[@diannehartnett5179]

I would love to see Kenny with Harry Styles or Chris Martin!

[@Giminey]

Absolutely disgraceful you had to bring up poltics. Kenny deserves better than that.

[@leemdynamo]

Who is the donor who said, "I will fund this show if it is called Firing Line?"

[@kennyLogins]

Thanks for the great love ❤️ and support you show me as a special fan of mine😍, I hope you won't stop listening to tracks , and thanks for your sincere Compliment and love towards my tracks ❤️may God bless you.

[@smc5678]

Is he still doing concerts?

[@davidcarlin3850]

The woman knows nothing about Loggins and her questions are amateur. Terrible interview with a great musical star.

[@S.J.L]

"I'm Alright" is great but the only other comments here are from bots for "only fans." W. F. Buckley is scratching his head and wondering what went wrong.

[@happydays0220]

👍

[@Pwj579]

Dang @16:06 dropping Lenny Bruce....well I have to disagree most Hip-Hop , RnB whatever you want to call modern Noise (not music) is simply grotesque with its explicit lyrics. There's no soul to this form, its all for shock value and missing what made classic R&B like Motown great, musicianship.

[@RocStarr913]

Music is a business and it’s all about what will sell. Unless you are an executive in a record label, you simply would never understand.

[@BrooklynMusicForum]

The celebrities and all that money can't buy a good plastic surgeon

[@nancyelsas1638]

Kenny , do you like Jacob collier?

[@armandoenriquez1104]

Before his own retirement.

[@BrooklynMusicForum]

Cheek implants on both parties

[@annehajdu8654]

And much more.

[@The_best_days_are_yesterdays]

What did he do to his face???

[@annehajdu8654]

Lots of plastic surgery.

[@RocStarr913]

He was a lot older than he looked decades ago.

[@studiosinger]

It’s not “evolve” referring to todays youth but “devolve”. The rappers haven’t stopped their foul mouths for decades and never will without God’s intervention.

[@SkepticCat-pz1zz]

Rap isn’t music it’s unadulterated trash requiring absolutely no talent beyond rhyming words like a two year old. Clearly “music” like many things have been hijacked by corporations and perverts. From my perspective both good and evil live within every being these days humanity is devolving into an evil species propaganda is a powerful tool corporate propaganda is brainwashing. I don’t see much hope ahead.

[@marcusdarden1535]

🙄

[@scronx]

Well it's good to see somebody else condemning the state of things. I'm old, I've seen the entire progression of cultural evil from the Presley era on. Preachers used to condemn anticulture -- no longer, so shame on them and the pew-sitters who worship them.

[@flash522gp]

Please. How many millions of people have to be killed in the name of "God", or simply "My God's better than your God," before we can simply live and let live, and have a little tolerance for art that differs from our own concept(s)?? What do you plan to do, strike somebody down for a few "naughty" words?

[@scronx]

@@flash522gp You win -- you're right. Snoop Dogg's album 'Malice in Wonderland' is as good as Handel's Messiah!

[@ericmarin6454]

$65 a month, shiiiitttt

[@Don-co9zs]

but the average wage was 50 a week

[@anothercomment3451]

zeit... WHAAAT? Oh no, Kenny. Perhaps "explicit" vulgar songs are only for folks who lack a working, intelligent brain with which to express themselves. Most folks want to live in peace; the 'division' appears to be mfgrd.

[@molly5262]

Wish there had been a better interviewer. She sounds so rehearsed.

[@sammcbride2149]

The only time I enjoy hearing the "F" word is when it's spoken by a beautiful woman. Like Margaret Hoover, for example.

[@englishlady8863]

He's still cute.

[@annehajdu8654]

Not really.

[@studiosinger]

So he looks like a another person! Don’t recognize that face as Kenny Loggins. He seems to struggle speaking at times. I hope he’s okay. He’s lost his sense of humor?

[@workernick2485]

lol, dude is 74, looks great and has a great sense of humor. Check out other interviews or concerts - he is a funny dude.

[@studiosinger]

@@workernick2485 can you get a vocabulary or are your neurons depleted?

[@charlottemcdaniel-eb9ky]

He looks absolutely handsome at 74 He is such a humble Kind soul He speaks from his heart I just love him then and now Kenny,Your The Best

[@donneumann6546]

For my liking, the only music that I enjoyed and still do, is his earlier stuff with Jim Messina.