When I approached one of his secretaries for an interview, I was told that Bob [Dylan] didn't want to see me anymore because of what my wife Margot [Hentoff] had written. Nat Hentoff More Quotes by Nat Hentoff More Quotes From Nat Hentoff As usual, the people who are poorest - the blacks, Hispanics and disabled people - are going to suffer more than anyone else under the [Barack] Obama administration. Nat Hentoff administrationsufferingpeople Being pro-life is a basic perspective of everything I do. Nat Hentoff pro-lifeperspectivelife-is Duke Ellington had a song, "What Am I Here For?" - this is what being pro-life is. Nat Hentoff pro-lifedukessong We need to keep trying to rescue the Constitution from the President. Nat Hentoff presidenttryingneeds The general unemployment rate is going to continue for a long time and for all of us. I have never heard so many heart-wrenching stories of all kinds of people all across the economic spectrum. Nat Hentoff heartlongpeople The people I admire are those who keep on producing and working and going on. Nat Hentoff admirepeople Martin Williams persistently gets at essences, and that is why he has contributed so much to the very small body of authentic jazz criticism. Nat Hentoff bodycriticismessence The ACLU sees the separation of church and state as so absolute that not a single religious word must be allowed to pass a schoolhouse door. Nat Hentoff religiouschristiandoors Tom [Hentoff] - it started when he was the editor of the paper at Wesleyan and the - members of the staff. This was the first wave of political correctness. The editors of the staff members came and said he must - he must, from now on, stop using `freshmen' and - in-as part of the policy of the paper. It had to be `freshperson.' Therefore, you don't - you're not discriminating against males or females. They were very fervent about that, and he was equally fervent about not politicizing language. So until he left, `freshmen' stayed. Nat Hentoff maleseditorspolitical [Miranda Hentoff] was teaching once at Lincoln Center, and the hall was full of other professionals - musicians, professors, teachers. And she was explaining how [Béla] Bartok composed his second piano concerto. And she explained how the music was interwoven with the rhythms and what he had in his mind. And I was just stunned. This is a kid who used to work - on a piano with a cracked keyboard. Nat Hentoff teachingteacherkids Max Askeli was a very courageous, principled man up to a point. He had left Italy before he was thrown in jail by [Francesco] Mussolini. Nat Hentoff maxjailmen I have been in schools around the country, and I have written on education for years. Once, I was once doing a profile on Justice William Brennan and I was in his chambers, and Brennan asked, "How do we get the words of the Bill of Rights into the lives of the students?" Well, it is not difficult. You tell them stories. Nat Hentoff rightscountryschool I can't think of a single area where [Barack] Obama is not destructive. Nat Hentoff barackareasthinking I was in the back of the book [in the The Reporter] doing music. Nat Hentoff reportersbook I spent a lot of time studying our Founders and people like Samuel Adams and the original Tea Party. What Adams and the Sons of Liberty did in Boston was spread the word about the abuses of the British. They had Committees of Correspondence that got the word out to the colonies. We need Committees of Correspondence now, and we are getting them. Nat Hentoff bostonpartyson [I have ] two boys. One, Nicholas, is a criminal defense attorney in Phoenix in which he - gets into - a lot of very controversial cases. He has sued Sheriff Arpaio, the famous sheriff who keeps people in tents, gives them green bologna and the like. My other son Tom is with Williams & Connolly in Washington, where he does intellectual property defamation cases. Nat Hentoff phoenixboysson [My wife Margot] was the - I guess, the coordinator or the production manager [of The Jazz Review], and we got to know each other and we married. Nat Hentoff marriedjazzwife Allen Ginsberg was a remarkable guy. He was himself. He was an original. Nat Hentoff ginsbergremarkableguy Miranda [Hentoff] is a complete musician. She's a composer, a singer. She writes scripts along - with her projects. And she's a superb teacher. Her teaching pupils have ranged from Itzhak Perlman to Sting. Nat Hentoff teachingwritingteacher [Max Askeli] started this very good magazine [The Reporter]. In fact, Meg Greenfield, who's now the editorial page editor of The Washington Post, was one of the star reporters there. Nat Hentoff maxeditorsstars
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