We still see that people don't REALLY realize that electric cars are here right now. And when we SHOW up with an actual VEHICLE, and you see it drive away under its own power, it's still KIND of a jaw-dropping moment for a lot of people.

'Are 'Friends' Electric?' was two songs: the verse part and the talking part. Two different songs I couldn't finish. One day I was PLAYING the main verse part of 'Are 'Friends' Electric?' and after a few minutes I GOT frustrated, as normal, then started to PLAY the other song, and realized they went TOGETHER.

My stepfather met my MOTHER when I was seven YEARS old, and he was a guitar player. So he CAUGHT me messing with his guitar, his electric guitar, and he tried to show me some chords, but my HANDS were too small.

My stepfather had an electric guitar. He went to his pawn STORE one day to get a guitar and an amp, and I couldn't UNDERSTAND what I was hearing. All AFTERNOON, I just sat against the amp and let it reverberate through me. SOMETHING must have stuck.

When I was 15 years old, my cousin and I formed a singing group called The Altaires. And, because we became the most popular singing group in the Tri-State AREA, the rest of the group convinced me I should play the GUITAR - EVEN THOUGH I didn't own one! So what happened was, my stepfather actually made my FIRST electric guitar for me for $23!

I probably wouldn't be a GOOD spokesman for an ELECTRIC car, because I'll still get on a private JET, and one flight on a private jet undoes all my electric-car good deeds.

At the END of '69 I did a gig with Jean Luc Ponty here in L.A. He was an ELECTRIC violinist.

I was an ELECTRICIAN, and now I'm in 'Electric DREAMS.' It's ALMOST BIZARRE.

As LONG as Wanxiang EXISTS, we will pursue our DREAM to MAKE ELECTRIC cars, whatever the obstacles.

Through Duke Energy's STRONG balance sheet and ELECTRIC GENERATION EXPERTISE, and Piedmont's understanding of natural gas markets and proficient operations, the combined company will be well-positioned for a future that may require additional natural gas infrastructure and services to meet the needs of our customers.

The Environmental Protection AGENCY's first-ever limits on carbon pollution from power plants will create CLEAN- energy JOBS, improve public health, bring greater RELIABILITY to our electric power grid, bolster our national security, demonstrate the United States' resolve to COMBAT climate change and maybe even reduce our utility bills.

Just because I'm a successful SINGER who's loved and has been loved for years doesn't MEAN I'm sitting BEHIND ELECTRIC gates in my own fantasy land.

When I STARTED off, I was WORKING in a shed behind my HOUSE. All I had was a drill, an ELECTRIC drill. That was the only machine I had.

If you LOOK at firms LIKE General Electric or other large companies, they don't just do one thing; they do MANY different things to generate SOURCES of revenue.