We Weren't Put Here To Be Miserable.

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.

I Think Kids In Europe Have Developed A Deeper Knowledge Of Music And Of Black Music In Particular. You Go To Europe, And These Kids Know About All This Obscure Funk And Soul That Kids Over Here Wouldn't Know. I Think It's Getting Better In The States, Though, With The Age Of The Internet.

It's Interesting To Be Playing A Father Who's On The Other Side Because That's Not My World And Not Where I Came From.

When I'm In The Studio, I Write The Music, I Play The Different Instruments, I Produce It, I Arrange It, And It's A Self-indulgent Exercise. It's The Way I Make My Music. And When I'm Acting, I Get To Leave Myself Behind, Which Is A Relief. I Get To Collaborate With A Director; I Respect The Director's Medium And All The Actors And Actresses. So At The End Of The Day, It's About A Character And It's About A Director's Vision. It's A Really Good Balance For Being So Intense And Alone In My Personal Process Of Making Music.

Race In This Country Is Still The Elephant In The Room That No One Wants To Discuss.