In a never-before-posted interview, Buffett looked back at hangovers, a weird Bob Dylan encounter, writing ‘Margaritaville,’ and much more
You gave a commencement address at the University of Miami where you talked about a moment when you had to make it through a show hungover. You made it through the show, but in your mind, you knew you didn’t do the best you possibly could, and that was a big turning point for you. What happened there?
I never thought about it when I wrote it. I started in Austin, Texas, in a bar. A friend of mine put me on a plane to go back to Key West, and I finished it there. I played it in the bar; people liked it. But I go back to what Ry Cooder once said: “You never know what the public’s going to buy.” But then later I was in Paris doing something. I think it was when Dylan was with [Tom] Petty. I went to see the show and I knew Jim Callahan, the security guy, and he said, yeah, “Bob’s been looking for you. He wants to see you.” And I’m thinking, man, we have a bond here. And I go backstage and Dylan was sitting there eating, had his gloves and his hoodie on. And I said, I went, “Bob, how you doing?” He never said a word. I sat there the whole time. I ate my meal. I said “Have a good show.
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