He's an artist who transcends generations. From his hits of the 1970s to the Lion King, Elton John appeals as much to the kids as he does to their parents.

It all comes down to who wins and who loses. There has been concern on the part of many people that private and parochial schools have advantages because they don't have (enrollment) boundaries. I don't know how true that is, but you probably see the most dominance (by non-public teams) in basketball.

That's why those programs were chosen. Some others were close, but these were dominant.

I'm not an artist. I'm an actor. I like to goof around and clown for people. It's a fun job. But I don't feel that I'm creating something that's going to have a profound effect on the world. It's fun.

Every generation wants to be the last. Every generation hates the next trend in music they can't understand. We hate to give up those reins of our culture. To find our own music playing in elevators. The ballad for our revolution, turned into background music for a television commercial. To find our generation's clothes and hair suddenly retro.

We need to remember across generations that there is as much to learn as there is to teach.