Sublime

Samm Levine: Scott Sassa called me himself and said, “I loved the show. But at the end of the day, it’s a business.” I’ve been on a lot of canceled shows since then and I’ve never heard from the network president.

When it comes to politicians and others in positions of authority, my rules are far less lenient. I don’t elicit their help in drawing the line between public and private, nor do I allow them to start an answer over. Politicians are so skilled at manipulating the press—in staying on-message and evading any question that isn’t to their liking—that i

You never know how the program fits into someone’s day.

The answer was something not even many of my colleagues and closest friends know about me, so I was a little hesitant to come right out with it. But I figured that as an interviewer myself, I had a responsibility to answer truthfully. I told the reporter I had wanted to be a lyricist. “No, no,” he said. “Tell me something interesting.” We might as