Interview

WHAT'S YOUR MOST VIVID MENTAL IMAGE OF ANDY?

Farrah Fawcett: What I remember most about Andy is that he was the only person I had ever met who seemed even more shy than I am around strangers.

Betsey Johnson: I REMEMBER HIM IN THE PARAPHERNALIA STORE. HE WAS WEARING A CHROME TEE AND BLACK JEANS WITH MY SILVER, WIDE, EYELETED AND GROMMETED BELT.

Tony Shafrazi: I always thought of him as a cross between James Dean and The Silver Surfer.

Anton Perich: Andy had an uninterrupted smile-a permanent smile on his face.

Diane Von Furstenberg: He was never alone. he was always surrounded by a group. at the time it was Fred Hughes, Candy Darling, Jane Worth (who became my first model). Andy was a voyeur. He did not communicate much, but made people pose and act in front of him. He always had a tape recorder or a camera on hand.

Nick Rhodes: At his happiest, at a dinner table at Mr. Chow or the Odeon or Il Cantinori, surrounded by friends, or multitasking at the Factory.

Dennis Hopper: Well, probably through the years, it's the photograph that I took of him, with the Iris flower that sort of splits his face. That was taken at a lunch we were at with Barbara Rose who was married to Frank Stella at the time.

Patti D'arbanville: Crocheting on the couch in Karl Lagerfeld's amazing apartment in Paris between setups during the filming of L'Amour [1973].

Cornelia Guest: OH, my!! That was when we were staying on a boat up in Newport [Rhode Island]. The captain woke me up at about 4 a.m. and told me we needed to leave the port and go out and ride the storm at sea. I said fine and went back to sleep. About an hour later, Andy came into my room white as a ghost and asked where we were going. I said, "out to sea to ride out a hurricane!!!" He replied, "Oh, I can't swim!" I turned whiter than him!

Shelly Fremont: The way he laughed. It wasn't a big laugh or loud. it was more of a twinkle in his eye with a smile, and his hand would come up and cover his mouth.

Chris Stein: in 1965, i went to a concert rally at Carnegie Hall entitled "Sing-In for Peace." these were the folk days, pre-electric. I recall Donovan playing a set, and Joan Baez causing a stir when she announced that she was "going to sing a rock 'n' roll song . . ." the song was "Stop! In The Name Of Love," a reference, of course, to the war. . . . At the end of the concert as people were all leaving and milling about in the lobby. suddenly there was a flurry of activity. the crowd parted like the red sea, and there was Andy accompanied by a statuesque model type. he was wearing a brown leather bomber jacket and was in his standard early look-silver hair and small shades. the girl he was with was wearing a football jersey and tight pants . . . to say he stood out from the crowd is such an understatement. in retrospect he could have easily fit into any of the decades that followed. he and his "date" might have looked exactly like that on some evening in the distant future as they entered Studio 54 . . . This was the first time I had seen him in person. very memorable to say the least.

BENJAMIN Liu: Trying to trim the sides of his hair A.K.A. wig.

Bob Colacello: Opening his mail. he would hold each envelope as close to his eye as possible and examine it as if it were a rare manuscript or something.

Ultra Violet: The first time I saw him lose his wig, I was unable to pull my eyes away when I saw a metallic metal snap embedded in the front part of his skull.

 John Waters: Too thin. Too wigged. Off the Clairol Color Chart. Speedy in the best sense of the word. A bigger star than anyone in his cast.

Bryan Ferry: Andy's physical presence was remarkable and was beautifully balanced by his cool and detached conversational style.

Ivan Karp: Buoyant, modestly effusive, personable, and alert.