Apparently, the image of our president is as offensive to MTV as it is to me.

Being a rock & roll star has become as legitimate a career option as being an astronaut or a policeman or a fireman.

When David Fincher called me up a few years ago and said, 'Hey, I'd like you to score this film 'The Social Network,' I said, 'I'm flattered, but I really don't have any real experience scoring films, and I'd rather not screw it up on a high-profile project. And I like you and I don't want to compromise our friendship.'

I thought I'd reached the bottom a few times, but then I'd realise there was another 30 floors of despair below that.

I foolishly thought that if I just 'made it' then everything would be okay. And everything wasn't okay.

I'd never want to be Gene Simmons, an old man who puts on makeup to entertain kids, like a clown going to work.