Ed Bradley “was like the great jazz musicians he admired. He always played in the key of reason,” Bill Clinton said.
“His songs were full of the notes of facts. But he always knew that to make the most of the music, he’d have to improvise. We’ll never forget what his solos were: the disarming smile, the disconcerting stare, the highly uncomfortable stretches of silence, the deceptively dangerous questions, and the questions that would be revealing no matter what answer you gave.
Watching him was mesmerizing, because you knew you were watching a master at work. This, then, is my tribute. I knew I had arrived in national politics when Ed Bradley wanted to interview me. And I always preferred watching him interview others.”
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