People Say I Have A Distorted Lens.

Artists Are Very Young, And Say, Um, Ok, To These Industry Dudes.

I Am Inspired By Thinkers. I Am Inspired By Rebellion. I Am Inspired By Children. I Have Been Inspired By Love. I Have Been Inspired By Heartbreak. I Try To Take Everything That Comes At Me In Life. There Have Been Times In My Life That I Didn't Handle Things... Right. But Even Though You Stumble, You Still Kind Of Get Through It.

I'm Finding That People Reading The Book [the Heroin Diaries: A Year In The Life Of A Shattered Rock Star] Are Saying, "you Came From One Background, I Came From This Background - You Were A Rock Star, I Was A Ceo. I Didn't Have A Heroin/coke Problem, But I Had A Pill Problem. But I Also Fell From Grace, Didn't Know How To Get Recovery, And I Am Now In Recovery." People Tell Me That Their Kids Read It And Told Them They'll Never Do Drugs - "this Book Really Shows Me Where It Goes."

You Grow, Learn, And The More I Can Sit In Silence And Be Comfortable With Myself, The More I Can Make Noise, As Ironic And Zen Buddhist And Satanic As It Sounds!

Sometimes [people] Say The Apple Doesn't Fall Too Far From The Tree. In My Case, I Am Pretty Fortunate. [ My Kids]'re Pretty Balanced, Cool Kids, Going Through Pretty Much The Same Thing All The Other Kids Go Through. There's Nothing Unique About Me As A Parent. I Am A Parent. My Kids Are Kids. We Do The Best We Can Do. I Don't Think They Know A Lot About What I Do, Other Than That I Am In This Crazy Band, Mötley Crüe.