I took notes at work and emailed it to myself to post here.


Interview starts with Richie making stupid noises and joking abour Orianthi doing porn He sounds like an idiot.

Richie said when they met, it was immediate. “It was great.” He said he was known as Jon Bon Jovi’s side arm (and his tone was snarky). He said she was known as Michael Jackson’s side arm.

Richie said their songwriting is like a converstation. Culture affects it. Relationships and authenticity connect with humanity.

He keeps talking over Orianthi or making noises over her and Nik actually said, “Dude you’re talking” and Richie said he was Polish and Lori said she was. Nik said they both needed to get to hell out of there.

Ori says they are both very blues based. Richie constantly interrupts Ori. Ori said Richie listens to a lot of Soul. Richie really is sounding like an idiot. He actually said something intelligent about the Civil Rights era.

Nik said Corey Glover said to tell them hello. Nik said Ori laid down a solo that was insane. Richie said, “jerk me off slowly.”

Lori asked about RnRHOF. Richie said it means nothing in the politic world. He said he has not been keeping track. Richie said getting into Songwriters Hall of Fame means more because your peers are voting for you (actually peers are voting for RoRHOF too). He talked about playing the opening. She asked if he would play and he said, “Of course, why wouldn’t I? After 150 million records and putting a lot of a’s in seats, we’ve made a lot of people happy… If I get in, I’ll show up.”

Nik asked about a Les Paul guitar Richie got, trying to get to another story. Richie said Les brought him a guitar for his birthday. He said it sucks because his friends are older and they die sooner.

Lori asked Ori about being a woman guitarist. Richie immediatley interrupted. (He is coming across very disrespectful of Ori and treating her like a piece of a). I

I got distracted by someone at work.

He said she’s an amazing cook. Bob Rock helped him make a studio in his house. So if he gets an idea at 4:00 AM, he can go work on it.

Nik told Lori she was a great singer in addition to being a great guitarist.

Post interview, Nik said she looked very irritated at times and was giving him a “Oh, shut up” look. He’s 58 and she’s 32.