All You Need is Love: And 99 Other Life Lessons from Classic Rock Songs

It's Not Only Rock 'N' Roll! It's Rock Wisdom

It's the insights and messages that come to us from 100 of our favorite rock songs. Love and marriage, family, friendships, self-esteem, spirituality, and community are just some of the themes explored in these healing and uplifting meditations, based on four decades of classic rock by artists like the Beatles, James Taylor, the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Carole King, Bruce Springsteen, the Beach Boys, and dozens more. You'll also find background information on the songs and artists, as well as suggestions for applying these nuggets of rock wisdom to your everyday life. All You Need Is Love is a visit to our past and a companion for our present and future.

Famed radio personalities Pete Fornatale, the man who put classic rock on the map, and Bill Ayres, an experienced spiritual counselor, invite readers to listen to their favorite tunes in an entirely new way. With humor, sensitivity, and a healthy dose of common sense, they cull four decades of great rock-and-roll lyrics and use "rock wisdom" as the foundation for 100 healing and uplifting meditations.

From the Beatles' belief that "All You Need Is Love", to the Stones' reminder that "You Can't Always Get What You Want", Fornatale and Ayres present messages about relationships, self-esteem, success, and parenting, found in the songs that form a nonstop soundtrack to our lives. Each of the 100 lessons includes information about the song and artist, a real-life situation that illustrates the lyric's theme, and suggestions for applying the insight to our lives.

It's Not Only Rock 'N' Roll! It's Rock Wisdom

It's the insights and messages that come to us from 100 of our favorite rock songs. Love and marriage, family, friendships, self-esteem, spirituality, and community are just some of the themes explored in these healing and uplifting meditations, based on four decades of classic rock by artists like the Beatles, James Taylor, the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Carole King, Bruce Springsteen, the Beach Boys, and dozens more. You'll also find background information on the songs and artists, as well as suggestions for applying these nuggets of rock wisdom to your everyday life. All You Need Is Love is a visit to our past and a companion for our present and future.

Pete Fornatale, a pioneer in classic rock radio, has hosted shows on WFUV-FM, WNEW-FM, and K-ROCK, all in New York. He is the author of Radio in the Television Age and The Story of Rock and Roll.