Welcome to Life Lessons. This week, we honor River Phoenix on what would have been the actor’s 51st birthday by revisiting his November ’91 cover story conversation with his close friend—and My Own Private Idaho co-star— Keanu Reeves. So sit back and soak up the ’90s nostalgia—you just might learn a thing or two.
Welcome to Life Lessons. This week, to mark the 78th birthday of the notoriously sphinx-like Robert De Niro, we revisit some memorable quotes from his November ’93 cover story. So sit back and dust off your Italian accent—you just might learn a thing or two.
Welcome to Life Lessons. This week, we honor our favorite Capricorn— David Bowie — by revisiting his September ’95 cover story conversation with our former Editor in Chief, Ingrid Sischy. The interview, in which Bowie laments some of his more mainstream musical forays, took place a year before the enigmatic artist’s mind-bending appearance as Andy Warhol in the Julian Schnabel-helmed biopic Basquiat. So sit back and grab your spacesuit—you just might learn a thing or two.
Welcome to Life Lessons. Now that fashion month is nearly over, we’re paying homage to Kate Moss —rule breaker, fashion luminary, and eternal icon of the supermodel era. This week, we’re flipping through the pages of Moss’s March 1999 cover story, in which the then 25-year-old supermodel sits down for a conversation with Interview’s editor in chief Ingrid Sischy. So sit back, and grab a pen—you just might learn a thing or two.
Welcome to Life Lessons. This week, we’re marking what would have been the 93rd birthday of our founder Andy Warhol with a journey into the archives. In our special April 1996 issue (aptly titled Andy Mania!), a few icons paid homage to our “wigged-out” patron saint in words and images. Among them are the likes of Richard Pandiscio, Candy Darling, Mary Harron, and our legendary former Editor-in-Chief Ingrid Sischy—whose most memorable reflections are found below. So sit down and grab a pen—you just might learn a thing or two.
In case you missed it, the Red Hot Chili Peppers are going on tour. The band, who also announced in 2019 that they would be reunited with their original guitarist, John Frusciante, will set out on a 32-city world tour in 2022, accompanied by a variety of special guests—with the likes of A$AP Rocky, Thundercat, Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals, Haim, Beck, The Strokes, King Princess, and St. Vincent among them. So this week’s installment of Life Lessons comes to you from the Chili Peppers’ 1990 Interview cover story, in which the band shares sage wisdom on everything from having sex to playing pool. Sit back, and grab a pen—you just might learn a thing or two.
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Welcome to Life Lessons. This week, in celebration of Women’s History Month, we’re revisiting Vivienne Westwood’s 2012 Interview feature. In it, the punk icon talks to Tim Blanks, the former Editor-at-Large of the now-defunct iconic fashion hub Style.com (and current Editor-at-Large of Business of Fashion). In their conversation, the then 71-year-old Dame of the British Empire gets candid with Blanks about her punk roots, her ever-evolving style, and aging with style. So sit back, grab a pen—you just might learn a thing or two.
Welcome to Life Lessons. This week, an all-to-brief teaser for the upcoming Netflix comedy Don’t Look Up has us falling in love with Leonardo DiCaprio all over again. To cool off, we’re taking you back to 1994 with some words of wisdom from our cover interview with the then 20-year-old actor. Sit down, grab a pen—you just might learn a thing or two.
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“I could never focus on things I didn’t want to learn. Math is just the worst.”
Welcome to Life Lessons. This week, we revisit some highlights from our September 1987 interview with Eddie Murphy, as told to the film critic Elvis Mitchell. Sit down, relax—you just might learn a thing or two.
Welcome to Life Lessons. This week, we revisit some highlights from our August 1986 interview with the late, great comedian Robin Williams, as told to Nancy Collins. Sit down, relax—you just might learn a thing or two.
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“Sometimes [comedy] is legalized insanity.”
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Welcome to Life Lessons. This week, in honor of the release of Blondie’s new Cuban-inspired EP Blondie: Vivir En La Habana—which accompanies a new film about their highly-anticipated 2019 performance in Havana—we revisit a number of memorable quotes from our conversations with Blondie front-woman Debbie Harry. Over the course of her career, Harry has appeared in Interview countless times: as a cover star, an interviewee, and a contributor. So sit back and prepare to absorb some punk wisdom—you just might learn a thing or two.
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“The blonde thing is really very much about the old silver screen platinum blonde, and I certainly was interested in capturing that as the frontwoman for a band.”
Iggy Pop, photographed by Wayne Maser.
Welcome to Life Lessons. This week, we revisit some admittedly out of context highlights from two interviews with the punk icon Iggy Pop: first in November 1986, then in April 1990. Grab a mic, take your shirt off—you just might learn a thing or two.
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“I don’t think I’m lucky; I think I have a tough constitution. And I’ve been wise enough to listen to other people.”
Snoop Dogg and his son, Corde, in the November 2002 issue of Interview.
Welcome to Life Lessons. This week, in honor of 4/20, we revisit some highlights from our November 2002 interview with Snoop Dogg, as told to Adam Sandler. Sit down, roll a joint—you just might learn a thing or two.
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“I got three kids. Two boys and a girl. You’ve got to instill the same values [in your kids] that were put in you, but not be so disciplinary—I feel like my conversation means more to them than actually whacking them.”
Joni Mitchell photographed by Moshe Brakha for Interview, August 1985.
Welcome to Life Lessons. This week, we revisit some admittedly out of context highlights from two interviews with singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, the original Lady of the Canyon: first in August 1985, then in April 1991. Sit down, pull out your acoustic guitar—you just might learn a thing or two.
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“You need a good omen when you’re trespassing on someone’s property.”
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“The bulk of people are manipulated by the industry, because they’re so uncertain of their own taste. Many of them are sheep and have to be told what to like. That keeps the mercantile coffers full.”
Sophia Loren on set in Italy, 1955.
Welcome to Life Lessons. This week, in honor of her 87th birthday, we revisit some of the captivating Italian legend Sophia Loren’s most memorable quotes, from Interview’s November 1977 and October 1993 issues. So sit back and take in the screen legend’s wisdom—you just might learn a thing or two.
Welcome to Life Lessons. This week, we honor our Libra supreme— Gwyneth Paltrow—for her birthday week by revisiting her December/January 2005 cover story. During the interview, which took place a few months after the native New Yorker moved to London with her then-husband Chris Martin, Paltrow reflects on a decade of tabloid headlines and fame. So sit back, and light up your favorite Goop candle—you just might learn a thing or two.
Welcome to Life Lessons. This week, we revisit some highlights from our 1976 and 1979 interviews with Truman Capote, New York City’s original gossip girl and author of seminal novels like Breakfast at Tiffany‘s and In Cold Blood. Sit down, grab a pen—you just might learn a thing or two.
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“I get up at five-thirty, boom! I immediately turn on something like I Love the Nightlife. I do my exercises to that and Instant Replay and I Will Survive. By the time I’ve finished all three of those I’ve done about a half hour of exercises. Then I rinse my face and take a fast bath and go in there and start writing.”
Welcome to Life Lessons. In honor of Libra season, we’re shining the spotlight on Diana Vreeland– fashion empress, Editor-in-Chief at Vogue in the ’60s, and all-around New York icon. This week, we’re flipping through the pages of Vreeland’s cover story from our December 1980 issue, in which the 75-year-old sits down for a conversation with the late writer Jonathan Lieberson about the many lives she’s lived, her thoughts on birth control, and why it’s only natural to think about money. So sit back and grab a pen—you just might learn a thing or two.
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“I fought for a long time to be like other people. Of course, I was always sort of a loner, I suppose. I always had to think out everything for myself… I suppose that is what you call a loner.”
In the summer of 1981, not long after Carolina Herrera debuted the inaugural collection of her eponymous fashion line at New York City’s Metropolitan Club, she and her husband, Reinaldo, sat down with André Leon Talley for this magazine’s July issue. Mrs. Herrera confessed to traveling with between a dozen and 15 pieces of luggage; said that when she visited Reinaldo’s mother’s house in Venezuela, her exercise besides tennis, riding, and swimming consisted of walking among the mansion’s 65 rooms; and revealed that all her lingerie was couture, made especially for her in her native Caracas. Now 82, Carolina Herrera revisits (and revises) parts of that conversation.
