It hit me that being hip was a full-time job, and I was only a part-timer. I couldn't … - Jancee Dunn

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Religion consists in a set of things which the average man thinks he believes and wishes he was certain of.

Jancee Dunn

It hit me that being hip was a full-time job, and I was only a part-timer. I couldn't hide forever that I liked county fairs, particularly the goat booth at the 4-H tent, or that I once spent a week with my grandmother at her house in the giant retirement community of Sun City, Arizona, and it was one of the most carefree times of my life.

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I started getting fan notes from people saying, "Oh, keep up the mess-ups," and I'm thinking, "I'm not doing it deliberately. This is just who I am. " But people thought it was funny. I guess if you're watching and you see that I could do it, maybe it gives hope that anybody can do it.

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I wondered how I was going to do it and keep my job at Rolling Stone at the same time. They were very nice, and they let me disappear for two days a week for a couple of hours. That's how long shooting was.

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We had a wonderful department that scouted out new music. It was beneficial to Rolling Stone, because I would come back and say, "You have to hear this, you have to hear that," and I found a lot of bands to feature, emerging bands. It [ended up being] symbiotic.

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You can see when that happens with bands when they do TV appearances; they just shut down. They get really irritated.

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A few of the artists knew my name, because I have an unusual name, from Rolling Stone.

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