The simple fact is we do not live in a democracy. Certainly not the kind our Founding Fathers intended. We live in a corporate dictatorship represented by, and beholden to, no single human being you can reason with or hold responsible for anything.

Rock'n'roll as a genre is different from pop and hip hop: it is about bands, and that for me suggests brotherhood, family, friendship and community.

I think it's important that all 50 years of rock 'n' roll live in the same place, because it's all connected.

Half of the acting I do is actually done by the hair.

Within three hours of a disaster event there should be a recon damage assessment of the infrastructure and an educated guess as to the casualties and degree of imminent human peril. Then make the airdrops of supplies and personnel. Simultaneously, Seabees would be dropped in, with lights and generators, to begin rescue efforts.

I have lost a brother and a best friend. The world has lost one of the greatest actors of all time.

My lifelong friend and mentor Frank Barsalona is gone. And the music business as we knew it went with him.