Kurt Cobain was Nirvana. He named the band, hired its members, played guitar, wrote the songs, fronted the band onstage and in interviews, and took responsibility for the band's business decisions.

There are songs about abortions, about slashing your arms with razors, about imagining your own funeral in New Orleans, about rock stars cheating on their wives, sex.

How does Macy Gray or Kid Rock not win over Christina Aguilera?

I'm driven. I am. I'm driven for some reason. But I don't know where I'm going.

Drugs have nothing to do with the creation of music. In fact, they are dumb and self indulgent. Kind of like sucking your thumb!

I might lie a lot but never in my lyrics.

I've done enough films to know how to save up my energy for the take and then give it on the take and do that.