I'm just as white as I am black, and I'm just as Russian Jew as I am West Indian.

If I were white, I'd get less criticism.

I haven't thought about making a music film, but if I did, that would be a very interesting idea.

I knew Slash in high school, but not very well. Just knew him as this kid that used to hang out in the hallway. Pretty much looked then the way he does now.

My career has been a gradual climb. I think that's part of the reason why I've had longevity.

Life, the moment. Where the magic is. That's what really keeps me motivated, alive, hungry. I'm still as excited and motivated now as I was twenty-five years ago, and that's because I really live for those moments. And that's where the art comes from, that's where the music is born, that's where it all appears. I love it.

I had no idea 'The Hunger Games' was so big. I didn't even know the book. I had been living under my own rock.