“If I felt like not saying what was on the cue card, I would. We rarely did retakes.” Quote by Jancee Dunn
“I had this producer who became a friend, named Lou [Stellato]. Maybe it was a budget thing, but he never wanted to do any retakes. The more I would have a mental breakdown on the air.” WantedAirProducersBudgetsBreakdownMental Breakdown Author:Jancee Dunn
“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.” PeopleIfsThinkingGivingCan DoFansNotesWho I AmMess Author:Jancee Dunn
“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.” LongTwoJobsHoursNiceWeekCoupleStonesLet MeDisappearShootingRollingVery NiceTwo DaysRolling Stones Author:Jancee Dunn
“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.” FoundWonderfulBandStonesFeaturesDepartmentRollingBeneficialEmergingRolling StonesNew Music Author:Jancee Dunn
“You can see when that happens with bands when they do TV appearances; they just shut down. They get really irritated.” HappensTvsBandAppearanceGet RealIrritated Author:Jancee Dunn
“A few of the artists knew my name, because I have an unusual name, from Rolling Stone.” ArtistNamesStonesUnusualRollingRolling StonesUnusual Names Author:Jancee Dunn
“Also because few people were watching - aside from a healthy amount of incarcerated people, because M2 was offered in a lot of prisons - I was able to ask really long, kind of muso questions, that they loved. We could really geek out and talk about music for long periods of time, and that tape would just keep rolling and rolling.” PeopleKindLongAbleAsksAmountPeriodsHealthyPrisonTapeRollingGeekLong Periods Of TimeReally Long Author:Jancee Dunn
“Sometimes we were really surprised. There were major artists that would come by because they wanted to.” SometimesWantedArtistMajors Author:Jancee Dunn
“I would get adult acne when it was somebody really famous I had to interview, so sometimes I would have to look straight at the camera because I couldn't look sideways or profile, because it would show.” LooksSometimesShowsAdultsCamerasInterviewsProfileSidewaysAcne Author:Jancee Dunn
“I got a unicorn horn on my head once. I said, "Can you really see that on camera?" My producer said, "You can see it from space." I would have to angle my head a certain way so that I didn't look misshapen on camera.” WayLooksSaidCertainSpaceCamerasProducersAngleHornsUnicorn Author:Jancee Dunn