I had very much this post-adolescent, faux nihilistic, punk-rock rebellious attitude. I thought my way was so much cooler than people who were actually building lives and careers.

-- Robert Downey Jr.

How do afford your rock 'n' lifestyle? - Cake

Well, your CD collection looks shiny and costly.
How much did you pay for your bad Moto Guzzi?
And how much did you spend on your black leather jacket?
Is it you or your parents in this income tax bracket?

Now tickets to concerts and drinking at clubs,
Sometimes for music that you haven't even heard of.
And how much did you pay for your rock'n'roll t-shirt
That proves you were there,
That you heard of them first?

How do you afford your rock'n'roll lifestyle?
How do you afford your rock'n'roll lifestyle?
How do you afford your rock'n'roll lifestyle?
Ah, tell me.

How much did you pay for the chunk of his guitar,
The one he ruthlessly smashed at the end of the show?
And how much will he pay for a brand new guitar,
One which he'll ruthlessly smash at the end of another show?
And how long will the workers keep building him new ones?
As long as their soda cans are red, white, and blue ones.
And how long will the workers keep building him new ones?
As long as their soda cans are red, white, and blue ones.
Aging black leather and hospital bills,
Tattoo removal and dozens of pills.
Your liver pays dearly now for youthful magic moments,
But rock on completely with some brand new components.

How do you afford your rock'n'roll lifestyle?
How do you afford your rock'n'roll lifestyle?
How do you afford your rock'n'roll lifestyle?

Excess ain't rebellion.
You're drinking what they're selling.
Your self-destruction doesn't hurt them.
Your chaos won't convert them.
They're so happy to rebuild it.
You'll never really kill it.
Yeah, excess ain't rebellion.
You're drinking what they're selling.
Excess ain't rebellion.
You're drinking,
You're drinking,
You're drinking what they're selling.

PLAYBOY: Were you always such a skeptic about rich kids?

LEVIN: When I was a kid in L.A. I worked at a summer camp where rich kids went. I saw all the things they had and listened to the stories about their vacations, their houses, their staff and their cars and thought, God, to have a life like that! That would be amazing. But when I got to know them I saw how fucked up they all were.

PLAYBOY: Wait, are you saying money doesn’t buy happiness?

LEVIN: [Laughs] Listen to this: When I was covering the O.J. Simpson trial as a tv news reporter,  I was like a circus monkey in Hollywood. People wanted to have me at parties. I remember one party in particular I didn’t belong at – big, big stars, huge industry people. I would speak and you could hear a pin drop. The first half of the night they grilled me about Johnnie Cochran and Robert Shapiro, but the rest of the night these stars talked about what medications the6 were taking and whether can mix Zoloft with vodka. I realized these people have the same issues we all have, but they were dressed in Chanel and Calvin Klein

-- 20 Questions with Harvey Levin of TMZ, Playboy, June 2008

Bob Odenkirk, cast member, Second City:

I was at a party for Mr. Show. Somebody came in and said, "Chris is out back. He wants to talk to you." I go out back and there's a limo. I go to the door and knock and the window rolls down. There's Chris, and he's packed in there with girls and hangers-on and this fucking scumbag who was pushing coke around. Chris is bloated and red-faced: he hasn't shaved. We talk for a few minutes, but there's really nothing to say at those times.

I'd seen Chris fucked up before, but this time he looked as  bad as anyone has ever looked. It was a horrible thing to watch. It's one thing to shake your finger at a friend and say, "You're gonna kill yourself." It's another thing to look at him and know he's going to do it. 

-- "The Last Days of Chris Farley," Playboy, May 2008 

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