John Kander, Lin-Manuel Miranda on "New York, New York" on Broadway

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The music of John Kander and Fred Ebb, including scores they wrote for Broadway shows like "Cabaret," "Chicago," and "Curtains," has won four Tony Awards, two Grammys, two Emmys – and a street named after them in Times Square. Yet Kander, now 96, is utterly uninterested in all the hero worship. "I don't relate to it," he told "Sunday Morning." "I really don't, just as I don't relate to the fact that we're sitting here doing some sort of interview on television."

David Pogue pointed out, "You are now the longest-working Broadway composer in history."