Strauss is a deft narrator and expert inquisitor. He cuts out the flowery descriptors and gumpf that comes with interviewing a star...and strips it back to the revealing nitty-gritty, absurd and amusing exchanges we all wish we could be privy to. ... The perfect book to dip into. -- Kim Taylor Bennett * * Time Out * *
Strauss becomes confessor, accomplice, champion and prosecutor. One minute he's discussing feminism with Lady Gaga. Next, he's taking part in the Ho'lympics at the home of rapper Ludacris. -- Colin Waters * * Sunday Herald * *
Fantastically entertaining. * * Sunday Times * *
Strauss is genuinely trying to shake down celebrity for the small change of wisdom. ... Strauss can be an imaginative and sympathetic interviewer and packaged up alongside his A-list interviews are encounters with unsung heroes. * * Observer * *
One of the most intuitive interviewers and portraiture artists on the Rolling Stone/NY Times payroll ... Addictive. -- Peter Murphy * * Hot Press * *
One of the longest and greatest interviews I've ever had. -- Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys
We might as well have had sex by now. -- Lady Gaga
The Mike Tyson of interviewers. -- Dave Pirner, Soul Asylum
The best interview of my life. -- Britney Spears
One of our favourite interlocutors. -- Bono
The best and most honest daily newspaper reporter rock has ever seen. -- Dave Marsh
Well Neil, f**k you. -- Phil Collins (in an angry letter to Neil)
[Strauss has] had fantastic access to an enormous range of famous people... -- Keir Hind * * Skinny * *
When dealing with the media-savvy, emotionally frail modern megastar...[Strauss'] techniques certainly get results. -- Andrzej Lukowski * * Metro * *
It's almost overwhelming when you realise the wealth of people [he has interviewed]...beautifully designed, it's a lovely thing to own. -- Alex Heminsley * * BBC 6 Music Nemone * *
an insight into the inner workings of contemporary fame * * RedHanded * *
fantastically riveting * * RedHanded * *
rare skill... extremely intriguing/entertaining * * RedHanded * *
An entertaining stream of musings and rants . . . a mad mixtape of words and weirdness -- Kevin Courtenay * * Irish Times * *
