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Steven Tyler Reflects on his UN Humanitarian Award, Talks Future of Aerosmith
via Billboard.com
2016 has been kind to Steven Tyler. 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.
“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. Humanitarian,” he tells Billboard. “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. I was just flabbergasted."
The organization has raised nearly $2 million this year, and is currently in the midst of a holiday drive raising monies for the organization. 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.
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.
“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.
“Greed and money, and I would love to say trumps, but I will say overrides ethical, moral...doings,” he continued. “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.”
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.
“Isn’t that the craziest thing? When that came in I thought ‘well, you know you made it when...’,” he says. “When I was growing up, I had an Italian family. 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. Then you put a band together and decide to become the lead singer and that works out pretty good for you. 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.’”
Being 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
“I always found that fascinating when we went to Japan in ’75, how people at the airport could barely say your name, but they were singing along with the lyrics all of the songs and it’s a fabulous thing,” he says. “To me, part of the humanitarian-ness is being able to come up with a couple songs that you and the guys wrote and have it 'A' be accepted and 'B' become the backdrop for these people’s lives all over the planet.”
Tyler was touched when UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon praised the work of Janie’s Fund, and how impressed he was that a rock star was discussing an issue he held “very dearest to my heart” -- which is protecting young women and girls.
“He’s seen the abuse around the world,” Tyler says.
The seeds to Janie’s Fund actually began years ago when Tyler penned his iconic song, “Janie’s Got a Gun.” At first, Tyler sat at a piano singing along when the phrase popped into his head -- but he didn’t know who Janie was or why she had a gun…yet.
“I took a month course in co-dependency and found out that four out of ten girls are verbally, sexually, or emotionally abused. So, when I heard that, I put that together with “Janie’s Got A Gun” and that’s why she had the gun,” he says. “So, when I worked out the video concept, it was a girl -- and it was after a few hours of sitting down and coming up with the story line, it was a girl who was obviously all three things verbally, mostly sexually and emotionally abused by a father while the mother was looking on. And it worked out perfect for the video. Once finding out those statistics, it was very enlightening. And at that time in my life -- I was probably 45 or so -- but to come to realize that of course the most sought after commodity on the planet is females in a male based world, so to speak. And so, how does that really go? How has it been swept under the rug?”
The issue gnawed at Tyler, and he decided to do something about it. At first he considered creating a home for abused girls named “Janie’s House,” but the name was taken. It was then that Ira Blumenthal, who was involved with the non-profit organization Youth Villages, made a suggestion.
“He called me up one day and said ‘Instead of Janie’s Got A Gun, how about Janie’s Got A Fund?’and I just was about to drop the phone,” he says. “The guy was genius and that was a very smart line and quick.”
“I think the magic of it all started with the partnership with Youth Villages. I got to meet Patrick Lawler and Richard Shaw, who came in and said ‘I love your idea,'” he says. “My management team of Rebecca Lambrecht [Warfield] and Larry Rudolph got me involved with Youth Villages and thought it would be the perfect dish to serve the blue plate special on, and they loved the idea of Janie’s Fund. They are a huge philanthropic organization that generates [more than] 30 million dollars a year for saving these wounded children all over America. So, they adopted me…and so one thing led to another.”
Tyler immediately got to work, enlisting his friends Bono, Miley Cyrus, Johnny Depp and others to pitch in and get the ball rolling.
“I sent out my mic stand with all the scarfs on it in these huge square-shaped boxes and I put a note saying ‘you’ve heard my big mouth now I need your voice’,” he says.
His work for the organization, he say, is “simple.” Tyler organizes fundraising events featuring the likes of Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry, Elton John, Paul McCartney and Depp, for example, and “invite people for an evening that they’ll never forget.” His plan is to host two or three events like this a year.
He is driven, he says, by the stories told to him by the young women he met through the fund since its inception.
“I’ve met with these girls and they are so broken and wounded that they can’t even speak,” he says. Again, whatever I could do to help… I can go to bed at night knowing that some poor 13-year-old has finally gotten off the street that started hooking when she was nine and selling crack when she was six.”
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Steven Tyler to Receive 2016 Humanitarian Award at the United Nations Ambassadors' Ball
The Hospitality Committee for United Nations Delegations has named Steven Tyler the recipient of its 2016 Humanitarian Award. Tyler will be honored at the Ambassadors' Ball on Dec. 3 in New York.
The honor is in recognition of the musician's philanthropic partnership with Youth Villages through Janie's Fund, created by Tyler in 2015 to give his voice to vulnerable girls who have experienced the trauma of abuse and neglect and are being helped by Youth Villages.
"As a father to three daughters, a son, and, now a grandfather, it broke my heart to learn that each year in America alone 700,000 children are victims of serious abuse or neglect and 68,000 will be sexually abused," Tyler said. "All abuse is wrong -- verbal, physical, sexual, emotional. We need to have better ways as parents to help our children and support them. Way too many kids are experiencing abuse, and we want to change that. Enough is enough."
In its first year, Janie's Fund has gained 2,700 supporters from 38 countries who have contributed more than $1.9 million to help girls receive evidence-based help so that they can overcome the trauma of abuse and neglect. This year, Janie's Fund will allow Youth Villages to provide more than 18,000 days of care to girls in need, directly helping more than 300 girls.
Tyler has long had a desire to help with this issue, dating back to the 1980s when he was in a program for his own recovery. Hearing the personal accounts of women who had experienced incredibly painful and debilitating sexual abuse as children, he saw how the abuse put them on a path of suffering, post-traumatic stress and other disorders that eventually led to substance problems. It was their plight that inspired Tyler to compose the song, "Janie's Got A Gun."
"I personally know how addiction can fracture lives," Tyler said. "I don't wish that on anyone. To use my voice and the voices of many others to help these girls once again find their voice is my mission."
Tyler, the frontman of the legendary rock band Aerosmith, recently released a country album "We're All Somebody from Somewhere," which debuted at number one on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and at the top of the iTunes country downloads. Tyler and Aerosmith have sold more than 150 million records worldwide; he has won four Grammy Awards, six American Music Awards, four Billboard Music Awards and an Emmy Award. In addition to having nine number one hits, 25 gold, 18 platinum and 12 multi-platinum album certifications, Tyler, along with the rest of his band members, were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2001.
Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon has a long history in the fight to end violence against women.
"Break the silence," the secretary-general has said "When you witness violence against women and girls, do not sit back. Act! Violence against women and girls will not be eradicated until all of us—men and boys—refuse to tolerate it!"
"In choosing this year's recipient, we searched diligently to find the humanitarian whose efforts are in harmony with the Secretary General, who will be saluted at this year's Ambassadors' Ball as his decade of UN leadership ends on December 31," said Mel Gee Henderson, HCUND co-chair. "We came to realize Steven Tyler is not only a gifted composer and musician with a great big voice but a soul with an even bigger heart who sincerely wants to help those suffering from the horrific pain of abuse."
Luz MacArthur, chairman, said: "Tyler may seem an unexpected choice at first glance. But the more we learned about Janie's Fund, the more convinced we were that Tyler is the person who can genuinely affect and inspire millions to help in the fight against violence inflicted upon girls and women, not just in the U.S. but around the world."
The 2016 HCUND Ambassadors' Ball is sponsored by Cambria, an American-made quartz countertop manufacturer. "As a friend and strong supporter of Steven Tyler and Janie's Fund, Cambria is proud to sponsor the event," said Summer Kath, senior vice president of business development. "We value strong relationships with partners and communities and continues to serve through a multitude of philanthropic initiatives locally and abroad. We hope you'll join us in supporting Janie's Fund."
The Hospitality Committee for United Nations Delegations is the only nonprofit volunteer organization located within the United Nations Headquarters. HCUND promotes and strengthens understanding between all levels of the United Nations diplomatic community, and broadens their appreciation of American culture and customs while serving and residing in New York City.
Youth Villages is a private nonprofit organization that helps more than 22,000 of America's most vulnerable children and families each year in 12 states and Washington, D.C. Youth Villages has been recognized by Harvard Business School and U.S. News & World Report, and was identified by The White House as one of the nation's most promising results-oriented nonprofit organizations. For more information about Youth Villages, visit youthvillages.org. For more information on Janie's Fund go to janiesfund.org.
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