From Neil McCormick's Killing Bono (2004), without doubt the best book I've ever read about music:
"Sarah must've been impressed at any rate. She offered me the job on the spot. But what job? I was on full alert for clues.
'I think you would be ideal material for the Telegraph,' said Sarah. 'You're young...'
(These days it wasn't often I was called young but journalism is very different from the music business and at a newspaper whose most famous correspondent, Bill Deedes, was pushing eighty, I suppose a thirty-four year old could be considered a spring chicken.)
'...dynamic...'
(I could tell she liked the cut of my suit.)
'...you're a really terrific writer...'
(What can I say? I just felt flattered that somebody had noticed all the good work I had been doing.)
'...and you can bring a wealth of your own experience to the job...'
(What experience was she getting at, exactly?)
'...Because unlike most people in this profession, you've seen it from both sides...'
(I wasn't sure I liked where this was going.)
'...You've actually been there and done it.'
'I certainly have,' I said, hoping she wasn't going to ask me to elaborate on where I had been and what I had done.
'I think you would be an outstanding rock critic for the Daily Telegraph.'
I nodded thoughtfully.My past had caught up with me."
"Sarah must've been impressed at any rate. She offered me the job on the spot. But what job? I was on full alert for clues.
'I think you would be ideal material for the Telegraph,' said Sarah. 'You're young...'
(These days it wasn't often I was called young but journalism is very different from the music business and at a newspaper whose most famous correspondent, Bill Deedes, was pushing eighty, I suppose a thirty-four year old could be considered a spring chicken.)
'...dynamic...'
(I could tell she liked the cut of my suit.)
'...you're a really terrific writer...'
(What can I say? I just felt flattered that somebody had noticed all the good work I had been doing.)
'...and you can bring a wealth of your own experience to the job...'
(What experience was she getting at, exactly?)
'...Because unlike most people in this profession, you've seen it from both sides...'
(I wasn't sure I liked where this was going.)
'...You've actually been there and done it.'
'I certainly have,' I said, hoping she wasn't going to ask me to elaborate on where I had been and what I had done.
'I think you would be an outstanding rock critic for the Daily Telegraph.'
I nodded thoughtfully.My past had caught up with me."
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