Part of me believes that the completed record is the final measure of a pop musician's accomplishment, just as the completed film is the final measur…

- Jon Landau

James Taylor may be an all-American boy but he isn't Horatio Alger, and the lionizing of many rock stars by the rock press has as much to do with old…

- Jon Landau

I saw my rock'n'roll past flash before my eyes. And I saw something else: I saw rock and roll future and its name is Bruce Springsteen. And on a nigh…

- Jon Landau

I saw rock n' roll future and its name is Bruce Springsteen.

- Jon Landau

Elton John can be a master of the sleight of hand. The arrangements make it seem like there are substantial melodies underneath the tracks - but almo…

- Jon Landau

On the surface, rock and roll changes at an amazing pace. The influence of a figure like the Maharishi can appear and disappear in a matter of months…

- Jon Landau

Everyone eventually winds up writing about themselves - the problem is finding the best way to go about it. To write about oneself literally, in the …

- Jon Landau

The Beatles production is often so 'perfect' that it sounds computerized. 'Sgt. Pepper' really does sound like it took four months to make.

- Jon Landau

To her audience, Janis Joplin has remained a symbol, artifact and reminder of late Sixties youth culture. Her popularity never derived from her music…

- Jon Landau