Jann Wenner speaks.
The 77-year-old man Rolling Stone Magazine founder issues statement after being removed from Rock & Roll Hall of Fame board of directors for comments in a New York Times interview.
During the interview, Jann said that black and female musicians “weren’t expressing themselves at the level” of the white musicians featured in her new book of interviews. Teachers.
“Jann Wenner has been removed from the board of directors of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation,” a representative for the organization later said in a statement.
Jann later apologized through publisher Little, Brown & Company.
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“In my interview with The New York Times “I made comments that diminished the contributions, genius and impact of Black and female artists and I wholeheartedly apologize for those comments,” she said.
“Teachers is a collection of interviews I’ve done over the years that I thought best represented the idea of rock ‘n’ roll’s impact on my world; They were not intended to represent all music and its diverse and important creators, but rather to reflect the high points of my career, and the interviews I felt illustrated the breadth and experience of that career. They do not reflect my appreciation and admiration for countless totemic and world-changing artists whose music and ideas I revere and will celebrate and promote as long as I live. “I fully understand the inflammatory nature of poorly chosen words and I deeply apologize and accept the consequences.”
Jann is a co-founder of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which was inaugurated in 1987, and served as its president until 2020.
In it Times In an interview, writer Dave Marchese asked why Jann hadn’t included people of color or musicians in the book.
“It’s not that they aren’t creative geniuses. It’s not that they aren’t articulate, even if you have a deep conversation with Grace Slick or Janis Joplin. Please be my guest. You know, Joni. [Mitchell] He was not a rock ‘n’ roll philosopher. In my opinion, she failed that test. Not because of her work, nor because of other interviews she did. The people I interviewed were the kind of rock philosophers. From black artists, you know, Stevie Wonder, genius, right? I guess when you use a word as broad as “teachers,” the mistake is using that word. Maybe Marvin Gaye or Curtis Mayfield? I mean, they just didn’t express themselves on that level,” she said in the controversial interview.
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