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Jack Nicholson Thinks Being Slutty Makes You Left-Wing

Nicholson with the latest Young Socialite of the MonthPhoto: Patrick McMullan

From Rolling Stone’s 40th Anniversary issue:

“Sexual freedoms have a lot to do with how far most radical movements get … Once you deny that normal, organic sexual flow, the country is going to move right.” —Jack Nicholson

“I always thought he was a hippie.” —Ringo Starr, on Kurt Cobain

“I was the guy who got beat up by the cops the most.” —Bob Weir, on his Grateful Dead bandmates

“I’ve taken what I think of as the ‘man from Mars approach’: I’ve just arrived from Mars, I have no idea what you’re doing, but I’m very interested.” —Tom Wolfe, on his interviewing technique

“Anger.” —Jane Fonda, on what makes young people hopeful.

Jack Nicholson Thinks Being Slutty Makes You Left-Wing