“I first came on the scene during the Johnson years and that crowd was out all the time enjoying themselves. Nixon wasn't particularly social but a lot of the people in his administration were.” PeopleYearsFirstsSocialEnjoySceneCrowdsAdministrationJohnson Author:Sally Quinn
“I first became interested in style when I was 16 and I had my first couple of gigs. I realised I couldn't look like the people I was performing to. Not in a condescending way, but just that it would be weird if I was wearing exactly what someone in the crowd was wearing.” PeopleIfsWayFirstsLooksWould BeStyleCoupleCrowdsPerformingGigsRealisedCondescending Author:Tinie Tempah
“And it may be that a crowd at a particular moment of history creates the object to justify its gathering, as it did at the first Human Be-In and Monterey Pop and Woodstock. Or it may be that two generations of war and surveillance had left people craving the embodiment of their own unease in the form of a lone, unsteady man on a slide guitar.” PeopleMenFirstsHumansMayTwoWarMomentsFormLeftGenerationsObjectsParticularGuitarCrowdsPopsJustifyGatheringCravingSlidesSurveillanceEmbodimentLoneWoodstockMonterey Book:A Visit From the Goon Squad Source: A Visit From the Goon Squad
“Sears is offering free $10 gift cards to the first few hundred shoppers. So that may have something to do with the early crowd.” FirstsMayHundredCrowdsCardsOfferingShoppersSears Author:Dan Jones