I don't find music being less important than, like, politics.

And so popular culture raises issues that are very important, actually, in the country I think. You get issues of the First Amendment rights and issues of drug use, issues of AIDS, and things like that all arise naturally out of pop culture.

You find the most important thing that really grabs you, and put it right up top. Don't bury the lead. Put it at the top. Best thing to do. Never go wrong that way. It's an immutable law of journalism. It just always works.

And the most important thing you can do is learn to edit yourself. And then go back and rewrite.

I spent time in, like, criminal courts, and covering murder trials for papers.

And you can't really cover people critically that you're friends with.

Some of the most important stories don't lend themselves to television treatment.