So, there to all those people who said I had a big mouth ‘now you realize that they would like a few words out of that big mouth of yours.’”īeing recognized as a humanitarian, he says, is part of the universal nature of music bridging people of all backgrounds together as one, healing hearts of hardships through song Then you put a band together and decide to become the lead singer and that works out pretty good for you. We all cross-talked at the dinner table, and in school I always had a big mouth along with big lips and I got it for like the first 15 years of my life for having a big mouth. “When I was growing up, I had an Italian family. “Isn’t that the craziest thing? When that came in I thought ‘well, you know you made it when…’,” he says. Speaking to Billboard a week after the ceremony, Tyler –who has even more good news on the way as his daughter, Mia, is expecting ("I’m not allowed to reveal the sex of the baby,” said the excited grandfather-to-be), is still pinching himself. “Therefore, hats off to the persistent efforts and pursuits of the UN to make this a better world and to that we can all celebrate our endless desire to dream on.” “Greed and money, and I would love to say trumps, but I will say overrides ethical, moral…doings,” he continued. “The classical training he received there is what gave me the gift of melody that could break someone’s heart, and today, it seems like every time I sing my heart out I have to write a song to grow another one,” he said. While accepting the award with an impassioned speech addressing global warming and climate change, Tyler performed two songs backed by a classical quartet from his father’s old school, Juilliard Conservatory – “Livin’ on the Edge” and “Dream On” – while singing the praises of the UN. Tyler has offered his prized Hennessey Venom GT sports car –one of only 12 Venom GTs in the world – up for auction at the 2017 Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale Auction with 100 percent going directly to Janie’s Fund. The organization has raised nearly $2 million this year, and is currently in the midst of a holiday drive raising monies for the organization.
“I usually don’t wake up in the morning and think ‘I’m Steven Tyler in Aerosmith.’ I don’t think of it like that, but it really was a beautiful end of this year. “It’s been a great two years, doing the country record, launching Janie’s Fund and when I got offered this place for the U.N. The Aerosmith frontman began his year releasing his solo country record, We’re All Somebody from Somewhere, and finished with the honor of receiving the United Nations Humanitarian Award for his work with the non-profit organization Janie’s Fund, which helps young women who are victims of abuse.
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