Terry Gross

We love the music.

That's why we're here.

We're band aides, A-I-D-E-S.

And we're here to help the band because we love their music.

The name of the character in the movie, the leader of these girls, is Penny Lane.

That's what she was known by.

It wasn't her real name.

In your memoir, she's also using the name Penny Lane, but her real name is Penny Trimble.

In the movie, she's a main character played by Kate Hudson.

In your memoir, she gets a paragraph in which you talk about her importance in the band world or the groupie world and her importance to you.

But that's it.

Are you trying to protect her privacy by not saying more?

Cameron Crowe, it's really been a pleasure.

Thank you so much.

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