I remain hopeful that science, innovation and kindness will come to the fore as things become more and more tense in parts of the world. I think what you are seeing in the world right now is kind of a leveling or an attempt to level the playing field.

Miles Davis would have this lineup of all these amazing musicians and one day would just say, 'We're done.' After tons of great records and tickets sold, he said, 'Now I'm going to grow my hair out and play my horn through a wah-wah pedal.' Rather than play it safe, he went on.

And I love the hate mail I get, the unsigned, misspelled letters I get telling me to go back to Russia or wherever.

I am neither pro- nor anti-gun. I am gun-conscious.

In the summer of '84, you just couldn't escape the Born in the USA record.

There's a lot of mountain climbers trapped inside of bodies of people behind the counter at Kinko's.

Try driving the streets of Los Angeles without seeing a billboard depicting a film with a lead actor holding a gun. It's almost as if guns are harmless props used to bring out the cheekbones and jawline of the screen star.