Danny Fields, Edie Sedgwick Confidante, in studio interview, New York City.
Edie was being pursued by the Grossman family. It was Bob. Bob was in love with her. Or Albert was in love with her, who the fuck knows what those people were thinking. And they hated us, because we were the fags, and they were the heterosexual blues guys, or funkies, or whatever. And they were two very divided crowds in New York then. I’d been between both. You know, I was not not going to be a friend of Janis Joplin, especially Janis Joplin, because she was a Grosman person. And I never really went around her except to say hello. And I would hear about her (Eddie).
The Grossmans were saying ,”Why don’t you get her away from those fags”. She’s a famous beauty. She’s famous. She’s certainly beautiful. She’s certainly got a story,and if we could just get her off a few of those drugs she’ll be ok. Famous last words! But, do what you can to get her away from those royal fags!...You Know... They’re not doing her any good. They’re probably supplying her with ________ . It’s ridiculous...you know....junkies, junkies, junkies...It’s not the crowd, and Andy was not a supplier. But Eddie was going to go the eight rounds. She was getting too stoned to do anything with.
She could barely stand up.