>>> WE ARE BACK WITH ACCLAIMED
ACTOR, OSCAR WINNING DIRECTOR
KEVIN COSTNER.
WE’LL GET TO THAT SIDE OF HIS
CAREER IN A MOMENT, BUT WE WANT
TO START WITH HIS BAND MODERN
WEST AND HIS SONG THAT’S REALLY
APPROPRIATE FOR THE TIMES WE’RE
IN.
KEVIN COSTNER, GOOD MORNING.
YOU’RE SUCH A SPORT FOR JOINING
US THIS EARLY.
>> IT IS EARLY.
GOOD MORNING.
>> TELL US ABOUT THE SONG.
I LISTENED TO IT THIS MORNING.
I KNOW IT’S FROM A FEW YEARS
BACK BUT IT SURE DOES SEEM TOSS
MATCH THE TIMES.
>> THE BAND HAS BEEN TOGETHER,
MODERN WEST TOGETHER ABOUT 16
YEARS.
I REMEMBER US WRITING A SONG
ABOUT KATRINA CALLED ’N’ FIVE
MINUTES TO AMERICA."
WE WAKE UP SOMETIMES AND SOME
PART OF THE COUNTRY IS JUST
EXPLODED, TORNADOES, OR
WHATEVER.
THERE’S A HELPLESS FEELING.
BUT SOMETIMES JUST MUSICALLY
YOU’RE ABLE TO WRITE ABOUT IT.
WE WROTE ABOUT THIS SONG, "THE
SUN WILL RISE AGAIN."
IT REALLY SPEAKS TO THAT.
AND IN THIS INSTANCE WE’RE JUST
NOT TALKING ABOUT PART OF THE
COUNTRY, WE’RE TALKING ABOUT THE
WORLD, OUR COUNTRY, EVERY KIND
OF PHASE OF IT.
SO I PLAYED THIS SONG ABOUT TWO
YEARS AGO LIVE AND THAT’S WHAT
YOU’RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW.
IN VENTURA AND SANTA BARBARA,
WEAD TERRIBLE TRAGEDY WITH RAINS
AND LOSS OF LIFE WITH PEOPLE IN
SANTA BARBARA WHERE I LIVE AND
VENTURA I GREW UP, ONE OF THE
PLACES I GREW UP, ACTUALLY.
SO I PLAYED THAT FOR VENTURA.
SO THAT’S WHAT YOU’RE LOOKING
AT, "THE SUN WILL RISE AGAIN."
>> I HOPE PEOPLE CHECK IT OUT
BECAUSE IT REALLY DOES GIVE YOU
A GOOD FEELING, A GOOD
PERSPECTIVE.
MUSIC IS A HEALER RIGHT NOW.
TELL ME ABOUT HOW YOU’VE BEEN
SPENDING QUARANTINE IN THIS TIME
AT HOME.
I KNOW YOU’VE GOT THREE OF YOUR
KIDS WITH YOU, YOUR WIFE.
HOW ARE YOU GUYS ALL HANDLING
THIS?
>> WELL, LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE,
THANK GOD FOR MY WIFE BECAUSE
I’M SO COMPUTER ILLITERATE.
MY KIDS ARE SWEATING FROM ME
DOING THIS, HAVING TO SET THIS
UP MYSELF.
EVERYBODY IS ASLEEP.
IF I NEEDED HELP, IT WOULD BE
FROM ONE OF THE THREE, BURR THEY
ARE NOT.
WE’RE TOGETHER.
IF YOU FIND THE JOY IN THAT, BUT
REALLY WE NEED TO DROP GROCERIES
ON THE FRONT PORCH.
IT’S NO DIFFERENT.
IT’S A GREAT EQUALIZER WHAT
WE’RE ALL DEALING WITH.
>> LET ME ASK YOU, YELLOWSTONE
HAS A NEW SEASON COMING OUT.
THAT WILL BE GOOD NEWS FOR
PEOPLE.
WHAT SHOULD PEOPLE EXPECT?
>> WELL, YEAH.
THAT’S BEEN A REAL JOY TO BE
ABLE TO DO.
IN FACT, WE JUST WROTE AN ALBUM
FROM THAT, "TALES FROM
YELLOWSTONE."
IT’S ABOUT MY FEELINGS ABOUT THE
CONTRACTS I’LL BE INTERACT WITH.
I DID A SAME THING FOR HATFIELD
AND McCOYS CALLED FAMOUS FOR
KILLING EACH OTHER.
YELLOWSTONE, I THINK IT’S COMING
OUT THE 8th, RIGHT AROUND THE
8th OF JUNE.
THAT’S EXACTLY HOW I PREPARE FOR
A PART, AND IT STARTS WITH
MUSIC.
SO IT IS ABOUT THE CHARACTERS.
IT’S ABOUT MY FEELINGS BOTH
MAKING A MOVIE AND KIND OF HOW
I’M FEELING DURING THE COURSE OF
BEING OUT THERE.
SO I HOPE PEOPLE CHECK THAT OUT.
>> WELL, YOU’RE REALLY NICE TO
WAKE UP SO, SO EARLY OUT IN
CALIFORNIA.
I’M VERY IMPRESSED AT YOUR
TECHNICAL SKILLS.
WE SEE YOU, WE HEAR YOU.
WELL DONE, KEVIN COSTNER.
THANK YOU.
>> I THOUGHT I WAS KIND OF
HOPING THE SUN WAS GOING TO
COUP.
IT’S JUST ABOUT UP HERE.
TECHNICALLY I’M PROBABLY CREATED
ALL KINDS OF GLARES FOR YOU
GUYS, SO TECHNICALLY I APOLOGIZE
BUT THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS THE
SPECIAL TREATMENT AND HODA AND
EVERYONE
EVERYONE, LOVE.
>> WE APPRECIATE IT.
IT’S FITTING "THE SUN WILL RISE"
A NEW SEASON OF "YELLOWSTONE"