Steve Jobs put together his own 'celebrity playlist' for a feature that allows iPod owners to buy playlists created by VIPs. Credit: Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP
Steve Jobs was known to be a demanding and sometimes harsh boss, but Joni Mitchell moved the late Apple founder to tears. a song that reminded him of his own adoption, according to his email collection.
Mr Jobs, who died in 2011 of pancreatic cancer at the age of 56, told Little Green, the folk singer's song about how she abandoned her daughter. for adoption in 1965 made him «cry every time I hear it.»
«Maybe it's because I was adopted, but this song moves me like few others . After I figured out what the song is about, I cry every time I hear it,” Jobs wrote in an email to himself in 2003.
«She wrote it when she was young, and it still remains one of the best of her many great songs.»
Mr. Jobs regularly sent himself emails to organize his thoughts, some of which were published, along with speeches and photographs, in a book published by the Steve Jobs Archive. .
Mr. Jobs compiled and sent himself his own «celebrity playlist,» a feature in the newly launched iTunes download store that allowed iPod owners to purchase playlists compiled by famous singers and actors, along with commentary on their favorite songs.
On the playlist founder of Apple who never uploaded to iTunes, many artists such as Bob Dylan, Cat Stevens and Jackson Browne.
Ms Mitchell wrote Little Green about her daughter Kelly Dale Anderson, whom she refused to adopt at the age of 23, when she was a poor singer in Canada. The song, originally written in 1966, was not released until it appeared on her 1971 album Blue.
'Little Green' was written by renowned folk singer Joni Mitchell. Photo: ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images. songwriters of all time. Ms Anderson later claimed she didn't know she was adopted until she was 27 and they didn't reunite until 1997.
Mr. Jobs, who founded Apple in 1976 and returned in 1997 after being fired over a decade ago, was adopted shortly after his birth in 1955.
He frequented a restaurant in Silicon Valley , which was run by his biological father, but neither of the men knew that they were connected, and they never spoke.
The Steve Jobs Archive was created last year by friends and family, including his widow Lauren Powell Jobs. Yesterday the company released a free digital book of emails, speeches, interview excerpts and photographs of the infamous private executive, designed by Sir Jony Ive, former UK design chief for Apple.
Other liner notes included For A by Jackson Browne. A dancer written by an American musician about a friend who died in a fire. Mr. Jobs wrote: «I first heard this on the radio in my car while driving down Highway 280 and burst into tears.»
A collection published by the archive revealed that he kept Bill Clinton waiting on the phone while he was working on Pixar, a production company that he later sold to Disney. A handwritten note on paper with a Pixar cap read: «Steve, President Clinton holds.»
It also shows that he has provided technical support to clients from time to time. Mr. Jobs responded to an email from Venezuela asking where a customer could get their iPod fixed, providing instructions on how to reset it.
Mr. Jobs initially had a difficult relationship with his first daughter by Lisa Brennan-Jobs. denying that he was her father before they later reconcile.
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