WARHOL ON THE MARKETING OF INTERVIEW MAGAZINE

«And I can see we're going to be having problems getting people for Interview covers from now on, because I think Rolling Stone is putting the pressure on, telling people that if they want the Rolling Stone cover, they can't do Interview. But you know, our Interview with Sting on the cover was the biggest seller yet, and all the music covers sell well, like Michael Jackson and Diana Ross. And the reason I'm thinking that Rolling Stones is starting to play though is because we can't get Travolta, and we couldn't get Sean Penn. So we need to think of people to put on the cover, young people, new kids. It's got to be at the exact right time, not too early or late»

-The Andy Warhol Diaries
May 8 1983