Stuart Coop

Yeah, but can you imagine just going, wow, you know, John Lennon has just told me everything about his entire life.

This is the best interview ever.

And then, I mean, I had one.

The first time I interviewed Bruce Springsteen, I was told that I wasn't allowed to record it, which I found really strange.

I've had a couple of instances where artists will say, we'll talk to you.

but you can't record it.

And I kind of go, well, what's the point?

But I remember this interview with Bruce Springsteen was in Paris in 1981 and it happened at about three o'clock in the morning.

I got back to my hotel at about five o'clock and then stayed up for the next five or six hours just trying to remember absolutely everything that he'd said.

But of course, it defeats the purpose because you're going to miss all the nuances and all the specifics of the way people talk.

What is this thing they call shorthand?

No, I know.

I avoided, through all my years at various newspapers, I avoided the dreaded shorthand.

Look, it looked impressive.

I've got to tell you, when I watched real writers doing the shorthand business, I thought this is all right.

Yes, I've always sort of questioned the carry-on about the summer of love and Woodstock.

Everything that I've read and heard about Monterey is completely consistent with what we've just heard.

And Woodstock seemed like a gathering of 600,000 people and it was peace, love and happiness.

But both of those events have always seemed to me a little bit of an anomaly with my perception of what was happening in the world and in America at that

that particular time.