The Rolling Stone 40th Anniversary Issue

For our 40th anniversary, the editors of Rolling Stone have interviewed twenty artists and leaders who helped shape our time. Over the next four weeks, every day, we'll be debuting exclusive audio clips from the Q&As, giving you unparalleled access to some of the most compelling personalities in history.

Paul McCartney
Listen to McCartney talk about the powerful impact of Sgt. Pepper when it came out in 1967, the pain in losing fellow Beatles John and George, his ideas about saving the world today, and the enduring "magic" behind the Beatles.

Mick Jagger
Hear Jagger talk about how Elvis brought sexuality to pop music, the church-like experience of watching James Brown perform and his Martin Scorsese film.

Michael Moore
Hear Moore discuss the aftermath of the 2004 election and eight years of Republican steering, the big problem we face forty years from now and why Al Gore might be the messiah.

Jack Nicholson
Listen to the three-time Oscar winner and legendary lothario reminisce about the 1960s (what he can remember), hanging out with Dylan and the Stones, and his feelings about the president.

Jane Fonda
Hear the actress/activist/fitness guru talk about the Hanoi Jane controversy, the impact of her '80s workout tapes and the political responsibilities of film and music.

Neil Young
Hear Young speak at length about the Iraq War, including his take on a mandatory draft, rocking in the red states and why he likes being booed.

Ringo Starr
Listen to the Fab Four drummer talk about Kurt Cobain, seeing the Stones and Dylan play live these days, the impact of the Beatles and dealing with the loss of John and George.

Jimmy Carter
Hear the former president talk about befriending Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson, the country's poor treatment of prisoners, and more.

Patti Smith
Hear Smith open up about being born in the same year (1946) as George W. Bush, why she and Bush are so different ideologically and the days leading up to Horses, which included a gig writing for Rolling Stone.

Bob Weir
Listen to the Grateful Dead guitarist talk about living in the information age and his impressions of San Francisco today.

Steven Spielberg
Hollywood's blockbuster king speaks to our own Peter Travers about making films in the age of YouTube, growing up a "nervous wreck" and being dissed by Alfred Hitchcock.

Martin Scorsese
Hear Scorsese to discuss chilling with Spielberg and Coppola in the '70s and why films have been getting more and more violent.

Tom Wolfe
Listen to the author of The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test argue that our country is in desperate need of more religion and talk about his firsthand experience of Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters.

George McGovern
Hear McGovern talk about the U.S. occupation of Iraq, the nuclear program in Iran, and the outrageousness of the current administration's military spending.

Stewart Brand
Listen to the technological visionary who invented online social-networking talk about the 1960s, the terrorism problem's problem and why things aren't nearly as bad as you think they are on this volatile planet.

Bill Moyers
Hear Moyers discuss the death of the American community, Fox News and the slime machine that supported the Iraq War, why the US will be in deep trouble in 100 years, and more.

Jackson Browne
The Great Pretender discusses politics, Bob Dylan's DJing skills, the current lack of Leonard Cohens and this recurring dream he's been having.

Norman Mailer
Literary icon Norman Mailer gives his take on how marijuana is superior to LSD, the "deadening" mediocrity of the Internet age, President Bush and the future of America.