“[With no MTV and fewer tour venues,] talk and variety shows were the only place for most people to see some acts, ... I felt like a missionary, bringing them to a primitive people.”
“That was a real contribution to television, ... It was pointed out to me after the show by a terribly distressed gentleman. He checked everything. It's as if he checked the lyrics for 'Tea for Two' and failed to check that. I don't know if they had lyrics with them, but he didn't hear it.”
“[Cavett also interviews Mick Jagger backstage.] If he had on a business suit, it would have been appropriate, ... Then he went on, screeching across the stage with his arms out front. I thought, 'Is that the guy from the London School of Economics?' -- which is where he went to school. He is a very, very smart man.”
