What makes the Stones arrogance so divine is that we all believe that long ago and far away they werent rich and famous but poor and struggling, just like us. – Jon Landau
It didnt matter that Charlie Chaplin may not have been a great director or a great anything else. He made great movies. – Jon Landau
Bob Dylan has always sealed his decisions with the unexplainable. His motives for withholding the release of the magnificent Basement Tapes will be as forever obscure as Brian Wilsons reasons for the destruction of the tapes for Smile. – Jon Landau
To her audience, Janis Joplin has remained a symbol, artifact and reminder of late Sixties youth culture. Her popularity never derived from her musical ability, but from her capacity to link her fantasies of freedom and immortality with ours. – Jon Landau