Alive Inside Page #9

Can't sit still a minute

I'm so

oh Johnny, oh Johnny

please tell me, dear

what makes me love you so

you're not handsome,

It's true

but when I look at you,

I just, oh, Johnny

oh Johnny, oh

da-Da-Da-Da-Da

There was no way we could

Have known there was this much

Life inside of john.

Some enchanted evening,

You may see someone

you may see a stranger

I wish I had a voice like

Him.

For Johnny, getting his

Music, and a little focused

Attention...

you're quite the singer.

Was all it took to awaken

Feelings he hadn't felt in

Years.

I love to do it.

When did you first

Sing?

When you were young, did you

Sing?

I don't know.

I'm just a small guy.

Yeah?

I'm crying.

Why? Are you sad?

I don't know.

I love everybody around here.

My gang... This is my gang.

This is your gang?

Yeah?

Does it make you happy to sing

For us?

Yeah.

Half the people in

Nursing homes get no visitors,

So it's not like

Family can do it.

The nursing homes don't really

Have a ready budget for this.

The government does not

Reimburse for music, and iPods,

So it really needs to come from

Somewhere.

So my ultimate goal is to make

This a standard of care

In all 16,000 nursing homes in

The country.

That's the goal.

It depends on the

Nursing home.

It depends on how proactive the

Volunteer department is.

Is this something you'd

Want to explore for your own

Facilities?

Well, I have

Several concerns.

That you give it to 2 people

And 10 people are going

To want it and I'm not going to

Be able to give it to them.

Frankly, how

It's administered.

This is a very

Big place.

We have 600 residents here.

Cost is also a significant

Factor that we have to consider

In every program.

So tell me, how can

I help you today?

I'm looking for a donation.

Sir, one second here.

The research shows it,

Our experience shows it...

There is no doubt that

Mainstreaming the use of

Personalized music,

Using iPods...

I spoke to the senior vice

President and they... They have

A no corporate philanthropy

Policy.

There are 16,000 nursing homes

In the united states, and the

Challenge is getting it out

There, and we could really use

Your help.

Sandra day O'Connor

Talked to him about your project?

No, about Alzheimer's,

Support of the Alzheimer's

Association.

Support for Alzheimer's.

She talked to

The man himself.

Yeah.

And he said no?

Yeah.

So, what luck am I going

To have?

How's the work going?

It's a struggle.

It's a struggle.

I have to tell you,

I am one of the few people who

Actually knows how

You feel about this.

Because a couple of decades ago,

I got really charged up by this

Idea that we could bring

Plants and animals and children

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