"The phone rings and Rudge lifts the receiver to his ear. “Who? Yes, of course, Troubey,” Rudge croons, smiling down the wire, "Troubey, we know you’re giving us a dinner. What can we say? We’re overwhelmed. You are too? Perfect. Troubey bay-bee, constrain yourself . . . Mick Taylor is in 416. I’ll send you a room list and you can make your invitations from that. Certainly yes, bye-bye.”
"It was very interesting for me to meet him because I'd read his books and admired them, literature is something I'm interested in. But it never occurred to me before he went on that tour that Truman Capote would be there, there didn't seem to be any logical connection...Well I think he's interested in spectacles, grand spectacles, y'know, whatever they may be. He's reputed as saying his primary interest in being on The Rolling Stones tour was it's social significance of the vast hordes of people The Rolling Stones attracted out in America...He was an observer really, y'know, he's the kind of person who doesn't really miss a thing. Even though he may not appear to be involving himself too much and saying very much."