The Rolling Stone Interview

The Rolling Stone Interview is a feature article in the American magazine Rolling Stone that sheds light on notable figures from the worlds of music, popular culture, or politics. Editor Jann Wenner has said that the interview is "part[ly] based on The Paris Review, which featured definitive interviews with writers like Ernest Hemingway and John Steinbeck, exploring their lives, their philosophy and their technique."

Subjects of the interviews have ranged from former presidential candidate John Kerry to the landmark 1970 interview with John Lennon. The Rolling Stone Interviews: 1967-1980 : Talking With the Legends of Rock and Roll (1989, ISBN 0312034865) is a collection of significant interviews from the magazine's first 15 years.

Selected interviews

Woody Allen, April 9, 1987 Joan Baez, April 14, 1983 Chuck Berry, June 14, 1969 Bono, 2005[1] David Bowie, February 12, 1976 Marlon Brando, May 20, 1976 Tim Burton, July 9, 1992[2] David Byrne, April 21, 1988 Johnny Carson, March 23, 1979 Noam Chomsky, May 28, 1992 Eric Clapton, May 11, 1968; July 18, 1974; June 20, 1985; October 17, 1991 Bill Clinton, September 17, 1992 Francis Ford Coppola, November 1, 1979 Elvis Costello, September 2, 1982 Bo Diddley, February 12, 1987 Bob Dylan, November 29, 1969;[3] January 26, 1978; November 16, 1978; June 21, 1984 Clint Eastwood, July 4, 1985 Cass Elliot, October 26, 1968 Daniel Ellsberg, November 8, 1973 The Everly Brothers, May 8, 1986 John Fogerty, February 21, 1970 Jerry Garcia, January 20, 1972; November 30, 1989 Bob Geldof, December 5, 1985 Mick Jagger, October 12, 1968; June 29, 1978; December 14, 1995[4] Steve Jobs, 2003[5] Elton John, August 16, 1973 John Lennon, November 23, 1968; June 5, 1975[6] Little Richard, May 28, 1969 Madonna, June 13, 1991 Steve Martin, February 18, 1982

Stanley McChrystal, June 25, 2010 John Mellencamp, January 18, 1986 Joni Mitchell, July 26, 1979 Jack Nicholson, March 29, 1984; August 14, 1986 Sinéad O'Connor, March 7, 1991 Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, March 13, 1975 Brad Pitt, 2008 Bonnie Raitt, May 3, 1990 Lou Reed, May 4, 1989 Keith Richards, August 19, 1971; November 12, 1981; October 6, 1988 Linda Ronstadt, October 19, 1978 Axl Rose, August 10, 1989; April 2, 1992 Bernie Sanders, December 3, 2015[7] Carly Simon and James Taylor, January 4, 1973 Paul Simon, July 20, 1972 Slash, January 24, 1991 Grace Slick, November 12, 1970 Patti Smith, July 27, 1978 Susan Sontag, October 4, 1979 Bruce Springsteen, December 6, 1984 Howard Stern, March 16, 2011 Sting, February 11, 1988 Michael Stipe, March 5, 1992 Pete Townshend, September 28, 1968[8] Tina Turner, October 23, 1986 Desmond Tutu, November 21, 1985 Steven Tyler, November 3, 1994;[9] May 12, 2011[10] Tom Wolfe, August 21, 1980 Neil Young, June 2, 1988 Frank Zappa, July 20, 1968

Notes

1. Bono's interview
2. Tim Burton's interview
3. Bob Dylan's 1969 interview
4. Mick Jagger's 1995 interview
5. Steve Jobs' interview
6. John Lennon's 1975 interview
7. Bernie Sanders' 2015 interview
8. Pete Townshend's interview
9. Steven Tyler's 1994 interview
10. Steven Tyler's 2011 interview