“The Stones hired us to act as security for $500 worth of beer. That Mick Jagger, he used us for dupes.”

“Four people from the throng died violently, three of them by violent accident. The fourth, a still-nameless black man, was kicked and stabbed to death.”

“The Stones, in case you don’t already know, are doing a free concert in San Francisco this Saturday. Why not New York? Jagger answered, ‘It’s too cold.’ ”

“Mailer said at one point that it was necessary to forge a ‘hip coalition of the right and the left’ ”

"They are gathering fire and I do believe the next great moment in history is theirs. God knows, for my unborn daughter's sake, I hope so"