Jann S. Wenner > Quotes

“Now all of a sudden, I was on the streets of Berkeley, in a world of radicals, Hell’s Angels, harmonica queens, drug dealers, and dope kings.”
― Jann S. Wenner, Like a Rolling Stone: A Memoir

“I had asked Hunter once, when he was in a rare calm mood, 'Do you know when you're about to change? Are you aware of it?' Hunter said, 'Sandy, do you know what it's like? I'm just standing here, and I have a sense that something is about to happen. And then I start to turn my head, and it's here. The monster's here.”
― Jann S. Wenner, Gonzo: The Life of Hunter S. Thompson

“IN APRIL, I. M. PEI turned one hundred. His adult children had a party for him on the roof of the St. Regis Hotel. Talk about “It was an older crowd.”
― Jann S. Wenner, Like a Rolling Stone: A Memoir

“My favorite phrase those days, which I saw on a Family Dog poster, was “May the Baby Jesus Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Mind,” which came from a Captain Beefheart record.”
― Jann S. Wenner, Like a Rolling Stone: A Memoir

“JOHN BELUSHI ENTERED my life with the crash of a door, a broken chair, and maybe pots flying out of the kitchen cabinets.”
― Jann S. Wenner, Like a Rolling Stone: A Memoir

“The last question I asked was “Do you have a picture of ‘When I’m Sixty-Four’?” He replied, “I hope we are a nice couple living off the coast of Ireland, looking at our scrapbook of madness.”
― Jann S. Wenner, Like a Rolling Stone: A Memoir

“Bono had grown up in a lower-class neighborhood with a “constant sense that violence was around the corner.” His mother and grandfather died within days of each other, and he and his brother were raised by his father, “a house of men, and all that goes with that.”
― Jann S. Wenner, Like a Rolling Stone: A Memoir

“I traveled on Pan Am, in the glory days of first class, catering by Maxim’s, champagne and tins of caviar”
― Jann S. Wenner, Like a Rolling Stone: A Memoir

“ANNIE LEIBOVITZ’S FIRST cover shoot was Grace Slick.”
― Jann S. Wenner, Like a Rolling Stone: A Memoir

“When I told Yoko about my visit with Paul, she said something to the effect that I had fallen under his spell.”
― Jann S. Wenner, Like a Rolling Stone: A Memoir

“Yoko was petite, no small talk, all business.”
― Jann S. Wenner, Like a Rolling Stone: A Memoir

“YOKO LEANED ON me as she built a new life. My first piece of advice was to get rid of the off-duty cops and security inside her apartment.”
― Jann S. Wenner, Like a Rolling Stone: A Memoir

“Inside Yoko’s apartment was a world of Dalís, Magrittes, and Egyptian sarcophagi. The shades were shut, blocking the views of Central Park.”
― Jann S. Wenner, Like a Rolling Stone: A Memoir

“BARON AND I went to the Cow Palace, south of San Francisco, to see the Who perform as part of a tour package. This one was headlined by the Association.”
― Jann S. Wenner, Like a Rolling Stone: A Memoir

“I didn’t love Jane in that swept-away sense. I didn’t put her needs first or think about trying to surprise or delight her. I didn’t take time out of my daily life to find that “special something” for her.”
― Jann S. Wenner, Like a Rolling Stone: A Memoir

“The conversion of all truths into questions of power has attacked the very heart of the distinction between true and false.”
― Jann S. Wenner, Like a Rolling Stone: A Memoir

“I was afraid of anything that would break the threads that bound me to the kids, to the idea of family.”
― Jann S. Wenner, Like a Rolling Stone: A Memoir

“We walked around in the afternoons visiting art installations and camps that offered all kinds of entertainments. The pop-up city was a psychedelic carnival.”
― Jann S. Wenner, Like a Rolling Stone: A Memoir

“BONO AND HIS family had moved around the corner from us on Central Park West. We could wave at each other from our terraces.”
― Jann S. Wenner, Like a Rolling Stone: A Memoir

“The Stones were also about to release Let It Bleed, with “Midnight Rambler” and “Gimme Shelter.” I think by this point the magazine had anointed them “the world’s greatest rock and roll band.”
― Jann S. Wenner, Like a Rolling Stone: A Memoir

“These were people lodged deep in my life and who would be forever. I suppose that’s one of the definitions of family. With that comes unspoken, unconditional love, and the safety to be totally yourself.”
― Jann S. Wenner, Like a Rolling Stone: A Memoir

“The first Rolling Stone interview was with Donovan.”
― Jann S. Wenner, Like a Rolling Stone: A Memoir

“THE NOBEL PRIZE for Literature was given to Bob Dylan. The affirmation of Bob’s talent was obvious and overdue. He was one of the twentieth century’s literary masters, and this was the world’s highest honor. No artist meant more to me.”
― Jann S. Wenner, Like a Rolling Stone: A Memoir

“I thought that prejudicial adjectives and liberal clichés in the reportorial copy undercut the power of the facts.”
― Jann S. Wenner, Like a Rolling Stone: A Memoir

“I brought Yoko to meet the Gorbachevs, who embraced her. Mikhail told Yoko how much he admired John’s peace crusade and his music,”
― Jann S. Wenner, Like a Rolling Stone: A Memoir

“WE HEADED TO Sun Valley for the holidays. Arnold and Maria Shriver had a house about the size of the mountain’s main ski lodge.”
― Jann S. Wenner, Like a Rolling Stone: A Memoir

“I WANTED TO DO whatever I could for Al Gore. Clinton was in my age cohort, but Al was my generation. Bill was an Elvis fan. Al was a student of Bob Dylan.”
― Jann S. Wenner, Like a Rolling Stone: A Memoir

“Clinton said he liked Arafat personally, didn’t care for nor trust Netanyahu, and the only Israeli the PLO trusted was the right-wing general Ariel Sharon, their foe, but a man of his word.”
― Jann S. Wenner, Like a Rolling Stone: A Memoir

“DMT”
― Jann S. Wenner, Like a Rolling Stone: A Memoir

“The most potent song on the record was the masterpiece “Sympathy for the Devil.” It was a historical essay on the power of Satan.”
― Jann S. Wenner, Like a Rolling Stone: A Memoir