Interviewed by Rolling Stone in 1994, the latter part of his years in the wilderness. My favorite part: "It's amazing that it took Microsoft 10 years to copy something [the Mac OS] that was a sitting duck."

http://www.rollingst..._steve_jobs/print

Interviewed by RS again in 2003, just a couple of years after the original iPod launch:

http://www.rollingst...g_stone_interview

A piece the other year in Esquire—it may be that I've posted the link previously—that includes a shrewd analysis of what it is he brings to Apple, and why he'll be difficult to replace.

He's a smart fella, this one. The fact that he's part huckster makes us tend to undervalue the weird blend of Edison, Blake and Leonardo that makes up the rest of him.

cordially,