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Lou Reed on Guns & Ammo

S1 E27 / 5m 13s
Lou Reed. Lou Reed. Here we bring you a rarely heard interview Lou recored in 1987. It's vintage Lou. Salty and sweet. Earnest and cocky. Grouchy and kind of endearing. Reed (and his legendary band The Velvet Underground) were those musicians who never got the extensive accolades or awards--nor the riches many of their contemporaries found.
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B.B. King on The Blues

S1 E26 / 5m 38s
Mr. B.B. King. The blues legend says he played 300 nights a year for four-plus decades. That's just ridiculous. We're talking about nearly 15,000 shows. King turns 90 this year and you still just might be able to see him on stage. So what's his secret? We heard some keys to living life to its fullest in a 1986 interview that had been unheard until now.
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Tom Robbins on Jitterbugs

S1 E25 / 5m 36s
Tom Robbins, author of classics like Still Life of Woodpecker, Jitterbug Perfume, and Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, takes us inside the mind of a writer who'd prefer writing with a raven quill dipped in lizard blood.
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Robin Williams on Masks

S1 E24 / 5m 16s
"Comedy is there to basically show us we fart, we laugh. To make us realize we still are part animal.... So you don't take yourself seriously and destroy the species." - Robin Williams in 1991, as told to Lawrence Grobel
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Maya Angelou on Con Men

S1 E23 / 5m 32s
"The only way you can be a mark is if you want something for nothing. If you're greedy, you're set up." - Maya Angelou, as told to Studs Terkel in 1970
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Gene Wilder on The Truth

S1 E20 / 5m 35s
"On stage or in the movies I could do whatever I wanted to. I was free." - Gene Wilder, March 2007 Conversation with Ms. magazine founding editor Letty Cottin Pogrebin
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Grace Kelly on JFK

S1 E15 / 4m 59s
"He turned to me suddenly and asked: 'Is that a Givenchy you're wearing?' And I said, 'why how clever of you, Mr. President. However did you know?'" - Grace Kelly
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Ray Charles on Singing True

S1 E8 / 5m 7s
"If somebody don't like something that I do, that's his or her prerogative. Just like it's mine." - Ray Charles Interview by Joe Smith June 3, 1987. Cassette Tape
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