50 AMERICANWAY
DECEMBER 15 2008
Is ittruethatwhenyouwere
startingout inthe late ’60s,you
hadbasicallyno rock-and-roll
vocabulary?
It’strue. [
Laughs
] Imean, I’ve
always lovedmusic,butthe
music Igrewupwith, really,was
folkmusic—BobDylan,Rosanne
Cash, thattimeless folkstuff.
Workingat
RollingStone
opened
meupa lot.That’swhen Istarted
listeningto rock.
YouphotographedJohnLennon
for
RollingStone
whenyouwere
just21yearsold.Whatwasthe
experience like?
TheBeatleswereprobablymy
realentry into rockand roll. Itwas
agreat jobandagreateducation.
EveryoneknewwhotheBeat-
leswere. Itwasmorethan just
shootinganotherguy, shooting
JohnLennon.
Andthenyoudidsometimeon
the roadwiththeRollingStones.
That’show I learnedtoshoot
bands, really,byworkingwiththe
Stones.Thestuff Ishotontour
withthem reallyencompasses
what it’s liketobeoutwithany
bandonanytour. It’sacarnival
anda freakshowandamarathon
andthemostbeautiful thing in
theworld. Igot jadedbeingon
the roadwiththeStones forso
long—notbecauseof theband
butbecauseof the lifestyle.
Whatmusicareyou listeningto
thesedays?
I listentosomuchmusic. I re-
ally love it.But Icouldn’t really
tellyouthenamesofmostof
thebands I’m listeningtotoday.
There issomegreat, greatnew
stuff, though. I listentoFeist. I
thinkshe’sgreat. I thinkSheryl
Crow isgreat. I listentosatellite
radiostationsbecause I loveto
hearnewmusic.But I’mterrible
aboutnamingnames.
Forme—probably forevery-
one—musicchangeswithtime
andage. Ifyou lovemusicthe
way Ido, thentherearesome
