00:00:07 I think that the key thing is that the theme, every young person in this country can relate, "Getting into a car with a friend or two and driving the countryside on a great adventure."

00:00:42 I always say, it found me in some ways. I think that's the way I kind of operate; I don't really know what might interest me tomorrow

00:01:08 I was like, "Wow...this is something really special," when I physically saw it. And then I talked to the late Hunter S. Thompson, who was a good friend, and Cameron Crow, another great writer.

00:01:30 what's its impact. And really from thinking about not only American literature but pop culture etc., it was really determined this was the Holy Grail of the Beats.

00:02:01 and folk music and different things, but they really pushed the envelope. It's kind of like when the Sex Pistols came out and blew up disco, so to speak. These guys were kind of blowing up the conservative '50s and had a lot of courage.

00:02:51 And certainly I think just the love of great writing, but also kind of what the Beats stood for, which was being radical.

00:03:11 because they were kind of...Paul was more the cute love song writer and John was the radical and I was always tied to the radicals.

00:03:42 people meet people and that's kind of what life is about, it's kind of creating the moments where it's that shared experience

00:04:05 Watch movies, listen to songs, see TV shows, it's referenced a lot, it's kind of referenced in the radical art form of freedom,

00:04:29 even internationally.

00:04:42 and so the journey kind of continues, but it's great to get it right here in Indy.