Alice Chapter 3

AM: What is one show that really sticks out in your memory as being a killer
experience and why?
BB: Oh my goodness, how could I possibly pick just one. Elvis Costello at Hollywood
High in 1978 was pretty special as was seeing The Rolling Stones when I was 12 in
Va. Beach where I lived. The Flaming Groovies at The Whisky, David Bowie & The
Spiders from Mars at Radio City Music Hall... Being sung to by Steven Tyler... but the
hugest thrill was playing my own first show...1980, Bebe Buell & The B-Sides. I knew
life would never be the same again!
AM: How do you feel about the current state of the music industry and the general
public trends? Do you think people hold music as important as we used to?
BB: Humans are oversaturated as a species sadly so the arts have taken a backseat
to the quick fix. Computers changed the climate of art forever- there’s no turning
back. I’m thankful to have been part of the time when the British Invasion hit the US
shores. To be alive to witness that wave of musical history starting in the 50s through
the mid to late 70s... There needs to be more music in the schools. Every child should
have an artistic outlet of some kind. Trends will always come and go but the memories
made from a song never die.
AM: I love how you have decorated your house in Nashville! I see it on your Instgram
feed! Tell me about your style? Your daughter raves about your rock and roll style, is
this something you have always owned or has it developed over the years? Who were
some women you looked up to when you were developing your style? I always admired
Anita Pallenberg’s style. Who did you admire?
BB: I also loved Anita Pallenberg, Marianne Faithfull, and Bardot but I feel style is not
something you can duplicate. Once I got to NYC in 1972 I felt comfortable
developing my own style because I had found my like-minded soul tribe of misfits
and artistic wildcards. I was encouraged to develop my own sense of self so I did. But
yes, I was inspired by the rebel essence and wild child appeal of women like Jane
Birkin and Jane Fonda in her Barbarella phase and especially Janis Joplin and later
Debbie Harry.
AM: What city would you revisit and why?
BB: I so long to return to Venice and Sienna Italy. Being there with Liv in Tuscany the
summer of 1995 while she was filming Stealing Beauty are some of the fondest
memories of my life. I want to return there with my husband and take him to the
enchanted firefly forest we found behind Villa Patrizia and back to the canals of
Venice with it’s shadows and mysterious auras.