“I‘m just an obnoxious guy who can make it appear charming, that’s what they pay me to do.” - Bill Murray in 1988 as told to T.J. English

“I‘m a coward, I didn’t want to die” – Patty Hearst in 1982, as told to Larry Grobel. Larry Grobel told us the story about a time back in the early 80s when he borrowed a swimsuit at the Playboy mansion. It seems that back then, Hugh Hefner kept spare trunks at the ready whenever his guests […]

“I don’t know what the ‘big time’ is” – Tom Waits in 1988 as told to Chris Roberts Imagine what would happen if you sat down on a couch next to Tom Waits? Here’s the tape. Watch the animated version of this episode from our series with PBS Digital Studios: blankonblank.org/tom-waits

“I keep my mouth shut now. I’ve turned into a professional coward.” – Hunter S. Thompson in 1967 with Studs Terkel. The interview was recorded shortly after the release of Thompson’s book, Hell’s Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga. He spent more than a year living, drinking and riding with the Hells Angels up and down the […]

“I carried a knife taped to my leg. I never used it but it was there.” – Dustin Hoffman in 1971. Listening to this interview tape from the Pacifica Radio Archives, we were drawn to this idea of the struggles that pop up between different generations and the internal questions one confronts as he or […]

"I have no faith at all. I only hold convictions." - Ayn Rand in 1959, as told to Mike Wallace. The author of Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead explains what love and marriage really mean.

"I was young for my age. Not as naïve as they expected. I don't know why I seem to bring that out in people." - Joni Mitchell in 1986, as told to Joe Smith in a previously unheard interview.

"I want to be the opposite force. I want to be the force which is truly for good." - John Coltrane in one of his final interviews. From the Pacifica Radio Archives

"If you have to ask yourself whether or not you love a girl or you love a boy, forget it. You don't." - Ray Bradbury, as told to two college students in 1972

"Mama just always said, 'you be what you are and you don’t have to worry about nothing.'" - Dolly Parton in 1978, as told to Lawrence Grobel in an interview for Playboy magazine