Bill Withers Makes Rare TV Appearance on CBS THIS MORNING Today

In a rare television appearance, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Bill Withers discusses how he overcame a childhood stutter to become a music legend, he tells Anthony Mason in an interview for CBS THIS MORNING: SATURDAY to be broadcast today, Sept. 26, 2015 on the CBS Television Network.

"I figured out that my stutter was a fear of the PERCEPTION of the listener," Withers says. "So I started having fun, trying to lower my opinion of other people and raise my opinion of myself. I would do tricks, like picture everybody naked and stuff, you know dumb stuff, but evidently it worked."

Withers is being honored with an all-star tribute concert Oct. 1 at Carnegie Hall, which will also raise money for the Stuttering Association for the Young, has had a busy year which included his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

The singer also talks with Mason about his career, walking away from music when he was at the top of his fame, and more.

"There's more fuss made over me now than it was then," Withers tells Mason of his decision to leave the business. "In fact, when I played Carnegie Hall, the big question was could I play a place that big."

"Now I get offers all the time to go play," Withers says. When asked what how he replies to those offers Withers quipped. "Judge Judy's on. I can't talk to you right now."

CBS THIS MORNING: SATURDAY is broadcast Saturdays (9:00-11:00 AM, ET) on the CBS Television Network. Anthony Mason and Vinita Nair are the co-hosts of CBS THIS MORNING: SATURDAY. Brian Applegate is the Senior Broadcast Producer of CBS THIS MORNING: SATURDAY.

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