Kids need parents who love and support them unconditionally, full stop.

I have always maintained that Iggy Pop is the Heavyweight Champion of Rock & Roll.

The scars will take me far, they always do.

I slept in Uday Hussein's bed - that was just so strange. Went to Saddam's palace, was in a mortar attack - crazy stuff. And like three days later you're back in traffic on Sunset Boulevard. It's all kind of behind you, which is kind of perfect for a guy like me because I can take that and turn it into quite the tale.

Seasonal change in Los Angeles is often a very subtle thing. It's not as if we finally stop having to shovel the snow out of our driveways and can put our parkas back in the closet.

What does New York sound like? For me, the Charlie Parker at the Royal Roost recordings on the Savoy label are the total embodiment of the New York music experience.

No such thing as spare time, no such thing as free time, no such thing as down time. All you got is life time. Go.