Quotes
He asks what I have in my bag, and plumps for the new Lemonheads album. Brad Pitt likes his music—while he is not one for huge method research on the characters he plays, he does like to prepare himself by playing appropriate music before certain scenes. ‘That,’ he says, ‘is what works best for me.’ For bits of Interview With The Vampire he explains that Mazzy Star and The Doors have been useful, and also some Blind Melon and Smashing Pumpkins. On Legends Of The Fall, Stevie Ray Vaughn was good. Kalifornia? ‘That was more heavy metal,’ he chuckles. – Empire (94)

He’s brought up some CDs-Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix, Cracker, Gipsy Kings-which the player occasionally rejects. – Premiere (94)

Pitt walks inside the to the stereo, replaces a Gipsy Kings CD with a Stone Temple Pilots one and settles onto one of his antique chairs. – Rolling Stone (94)

When the coffee is served, he pops a Dire Straits CD- from a loose pile that includes the Platters, Ray Charles and Led Zeppelin – into a CD ghetto blaster sitting on a shelf by the kitchen table. – The Face 1992

He gets up, pulls out the “Passion Sources” CD and pops it into his ghetto blaster. The kitchen is soon everberating with eeri Arabic wailing. After a few minutes he replaces it with something more conductive to conversation, the Neville Brothers “Yellow Moon”. – The Face 1992

Heard Elton John’s song “Daniel,” bought the Captain Fantastic album. Monumental for him. Then the Who’s Tommy. “I had to save up double, ‘cause it was a double album.” – Vanity Fair 1995

Favorite musician: “George Winston“. Favorite Band: “U2, Smiths, REM, Alarm“. Favorite song: “Sooner or Later by The English Beat“. – Handwritten statsheet 1987.