Blank on Blank S01E17 · Kurt Cobain on Identity

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"I even thought that I was gay. I thought that might be the solution to my problem." - Kurt Cobain Interview by Jon Savage July 22, 1993. Cassette Tape

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3. 3 3. Muhammad Ali On Going To Mars2012-09-17 · 6mIt was the summer of 1966 when a persistent 17-year-old with a high school radio show near Chicago got the interview of lifetime: Muhammad Ali. But only a handful of people ever go
4. 4 4. Dave Brubeck on Fighting Communism with Jazz2013-01-10 · 6m"If I told you all the stories about what happened to people if they were caught listening to jazz." - Dave Brubeck in 2008 Interviewer: John Dankosky WNPR Music: Dave Brubeck Qu
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6. 6 6. Jim Morrison on Why Fat is Beautiful2013-04-02 · 6m"What's wrong with being fat? That's what I want to know." - Jim Morrison Interview by Howard Smith TheSmithTapes.com / Villagevoice.com Los Angeles, 1969
7. 7 7. David Foster Wallace on Ambition2013-04-17 · 6m"If your fidelity to perfectionism is too high, you never do anything." - David Foster Wallace Interview by Leonard Lopate, WNYC March 4, 1996 Interview originally aired on the L
8. 8 8. Beastie Boys on Being Stupid2013-04-30 · 6m"There's a way we talk and it includes profanity. We never figured we'd be arrested for it." - Mike "Mike D" Diamond Interview by Rocci Fisch for ABC News Radio 1985, Washington,
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13. 13 13. Farrah Fawcett on Stiletto Power2013-07-09 · 6m"I've got on these stiletto heels aimed for his face." - Farrah Fawcett Interview by Lawrence Grobel 1994, Hollywood
14. 14 14. Fidel Castro: The Lost Interview2013-07-23 · 6m"If this Revolution falls, what we will have here in Cuba is a hell. Hell itself." - Fidel Castro Clark Hewitt Galloway interviewed Fidel Castro in Havana in 1959 in the midst of
15. 15 15. Janis Joplin on Rejection2013-09-23 · 6m"In my insides, it really hurts if someone doesn't like me. It's silly." - Janis Joplin Howard Smith interviewed Janis Joplin by phone on September 30, 1970. This turned out to be
16. 16 16. Ray Charles on Singing True2013-10-08 · 6m"If somebody don't like something that I do, that's his or her prerogative. Just like it's mine." - Ray Charles.  Joe Smith interviewed Ray Charles on June 3, 1987 during the writ
17. 17 17. Kurt Cobain on Identity2013-10-22 · 6m"I even thought that I was gay. I thought that might be the solution to my problem." - Kurt Cobain Interview by Jon Savage July 22, 1993. Cassette Tape
18. 18 18. Jerry Garcia on The Acid Tests2013-11-05 · 6m"When we fell in with the Acid Tests we a started having the most fun we had ever had." - Jerry Garcia Interview by Joe Smith May 23, 1988 Cassette Tape
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24. 24 24. Stan Getz on Wasted Years2014-02-18 · 6m"I've done some dastardly things, but what can I do except make amends and apologize?" - Stan Getz Interview by Joe Smith August 7, 1987, Los Angeles Tape recorder
25. 25 25. Heath Ledger on Role Playing2014-03-04 · 6m"My nervous energy is usually the easiest form of energy to tap into" - Heath Ledger Interview by Christine Spines Fall 2005, Cassette Tape Her profile ran in Entertainment Weekly
26. 26 26. Johnny Cash on The Gospel2014-04-08 · 6m"I just hope and pray I can die with my boots on" - Johnny Cash, 1996 Interview by Barney Hoskyns
27. 27 27. John Lennon and Yoko Ono on Love2014-04-22 · 6m"It's all true, folks: all you need is love." - John Lennon, 1969 Interviews by Howard Smith
28. 28 28. Gene Wilder on The Truth2014-05-06 · 6m"On stage or in the movies I could do whatever I wanted to. I was free." - Gene Wilder, March 2007 Conversation with Ms. magazine founding editor Letty Cottin Pogrebin
29. 29 29. David Bowie on Stardust2014-05-20 · 6m"I never really felt like a rock singer or a rock star. I always felt a little bit out of my element" - David Bowie Interview by Joe Smith
30. 30 30. Philip Seymour Hoffman on Happiness2014-06-03 · 6m"Learning how to die is therefore learning how to live" - Philip Seymour Hoffman Conversation with Simon Critchley recorded live at the Rubin Museum of Art on Dec 22, 2012
31. 31 31. Meryl Streep on Beauty2014-06-24 · 6m"It's very humbling to imagine somebody else's really life and their pain ... It's my drug" - Meryl Streep Interview by Christine Spines, 2008
32. 32 32. Jimi Hendrix on The Experience2014-08-26 · 6m"When things get too heavy just call me helium--the lightest known gas to man." - Jimi Hendrix in his final interview
33. 33 33. Michael Jackson on Godliness2014-09-16 · 6m"My singing… i'll just say it simple as possible: it's just godly." - Michael Jackson in January 1980
34. 34 34. Bette Davis on The Sexes2014-09-30 · 6m"I think men have got to change an awful lot. They still prefer the little woman." - Bette Davis in 1963
35. 35 35. Liberace on Peacocking2014-10-14 · 6m"Anyone that dares begrudge what I have today, just better get off their duff and do something about it" - Liberace in 1968 as told to Jay Kent Hackleman
36. 36 36. Maya Angelou on Con Men2014-10-28 · 6m"The only way you can be a mark is if you want something for nothing. If you're greedy, you're set up." - Maya Angelou, as told to Studs Terkel in 1970
37. 37 37. Wayne Coyne on Living With Death2014-11-11 · 6m"I'm pouring my guts out so they can feel like your guts at the same time." - Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips in 2002
38. 38 38. Robin Williams on Masks2014-12-02 · 6m"Comedy is there to basically show us we fart, we laugh. To make us realize we still are part animal.... So you don't take yourself seriously and destroy the species." - Robin Wil
39. 39 39. Tom Robbins on Jitterbugs2014-12-16 · 6m"If I knew how it was going to end, I probably wouldn't write it." - Tom Robbins in 1994, as told to Tod Mesirow
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42. 42 42. Lou Reed on Guns & Ammo2015-02-17 · 6m"I write a song called 'Heroin', you would have thought that I murdered the Pope or something" - Lou Reed on March 20, 1987, as told to Joe Smith
43. 43 43. Dolly Parton on Getting Dirty2015-04-14 · 6m"Mama just always said, 'you be what you are and you don't have to worry about nothing'" - Dolly Parton as told to Lawrence Grobel on March 13, 1978
44. 44 44. Ray Bradbury on Madmen2015-04-28 · 6m"Nobody else is going to give a damn what you're doing, so you need a few other people like yourself" - Ray Bradbury as told to two college kids on road trip in 1972
45. 45 45. John Coltrane on Giant Steps2015-05-12 · 6m"I want to be the force which is truly for good." - John Coltrane in 1966, as told Frank Kofsky
46. 46 46. Joni Mitchell on Illusions2015-05-26 · 6m"I didn’t like the sound of people gasping at the mere mention of my name. It horrified me." - Joni Mitchell in 1986, as told to Joe Smith
47. 47 47. Ayn Rand on Love and Happiness2015-06-09 · 6m" I have no faith at all. I only hold convictions." - Ayn Rand on February 25, 1959, as told to Mike Wallace
48. 48 48. Roger Ebert on Ego2015-06-23 · 6m"I have innate confidence that I am right. Partially out of conviction and partially as a pose." - Roger Ebert in 1990
49. 49 49. Dustin Hoffman in 1971 on Duplicity and Famosity2015-07-14 · 6m"I did as much as I could do at that time in my life ... I tried as hard as I could and I couldn't do better" - Dustin Hoffman in 1971
50. 50 50. Hunter S. Thompson on Outlaws2015-07-28 · 6m“I keep my mouth shut now. I’ve turned into a professional coward.” - Hunter S. Thompson in 1967
51. 51 51. Tom Waits on Everything and Nothing2015-09-29 · 6m"I don’t know what the ‘big time’ is" - Tom Waits in 1988. Tom Waits had just released the concert film, Big Time, when he was interviewed by Chris Roberts in September 1988. The
52. 52 52. Patty Hearst on Reasonable Doubt2015-10-13 · 6m"I'm sorry, I‘m a coward. I didn’t want to die." - Patty Hearst in 1982 in the first interview she gave after getting out of prison
53. 53 53. Bill Murray on Being Obnoxious2015-10-27 · 6m"I‘m just an obnoxious guy who can make it appear charming, that’s what they pay me to do" - Bill Murray in October 1988
54. 54 54. Kurt Vonnegut on Man-Eating Lampreys2015-11-10 · 6m"Nothing means anything" - Kurt Vonnegut on November 8, 1970
55. 55 55. Nina Simone on Shock2015-12-01 · 6m"I feel more alive now than I ever have in my life. I have a chance to live, as I've dreamed." - Nina Simone in July, 1968
56. 56 56. Garrison Keillor on Humor2015-12-15 · 6m“My family was shocked when I came home with a volume of Hemingway … There was a price to be paid for being interested in fiction.” - Garrison Keillor in 1994. In this new episode
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68. 68 68. Rod Serling on Kamikazes2016-05-24 · 6m”The most unfettered imagination belongs to young people, and they don’t walk through life; they fly” - Rod Serling in 1963. The Twilight Zone was mesmerizing audiences across the
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