…Mike waits until Tom Wolfe is finished talking to the woman he’s talking to and then Mike introduces himself, asks Tom Wolfe some questions, and then finishes his questions and introduces me to Tom Wolfe. I ask him if he listens to any pop music.

Tom Wolfe says that right now he is quite fond of this song called You Are The Only Exception and I guess I make a quizzical face to indicate that I’m not familiar with the song, so he starts singing it to me. Tom Wolfe sings, “You are the only exception, you aaaare the only exceptionnnnnn, youuuuu are the ooonly exceptionnn,” and he snaps his fingers to the beat and I laugh and he smiles and keeps singing, and then he stops singing and says, “I also like country music. I like the song That Ain’t My Truck In The Driveway,” and I say, “I don’t know that one either…” I just want him to start singing again, but he continues, “I like that one because it presupposes that there are no other kinds of vehicles beside the truck: no sportscars, no sedans, no minivans…” He thinks for a second, “…no motorcycles…”

http://www.theawl.com/2010/10/went-to-a-literary-gala-interviewed-jann-wenner-jann-wenners-son-and-tom-wolfe-sang-to-me