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| Carole King (Bloomberg photo) |
“She could travel the world and never be a stranger. Her
imagination has empowered her fans,” Pelosi said of King, a singer-songwriter
whose career spans five decades and includes classics like “You’ve Got a
Friend.”
“I wouldn’t dare name a favorite,” Pelosi, now the House
minority leader, said before sitting down for lunch in the Members’ Room of the
Library of Congress, which for the last five years has presented the prize in
honor of George and Ira Gershwin.
According to bloomberg.com, King was all smiles in her pink blazer, working the room
like an adroit politician, shaking hands with everyone from Sharon Percy
Rockefeller, the chief executive of local PBS station WETA, to the musicians
who quietly played her tunes during the meal of lobster soup and chicken salad.
King, 71, is a Democratic fundraiser and passionate
environmental activist. She thanked her host, Librarian of Congress James
Billington, for his support of popular musicians. “For a long time we were kind
of the stepchild,” she said.
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