Everyone Loves You When You're Dead

You can tell a lot about somebody in a minute. If you choose the right minute. As a journalist (for Rolling Stone, the "New York Times", and elsewhere) and bestselling author, Neil Strauss considers it his job to hang around celebrities, rock gods, porn queens, up-and-coming starlets, and iconic superstars long enough - whether it takes moments or months - to find that minute, the one when the curtain finally falls away and the real person is revealed. In this new collection, Strauss offers up 120 of those singular, hit-you-in-the guts, perception-altering, revolutionary minutes, as only he can - with total honesty, deadpan wit, and unmatched style. Among the game-changing moments collected here are interviews with: Tom Cruise; Snoop Dogg; Madonna; Johnny Cash; Cher and Dave Navarro; Oasis; Julian Casablancas of The Strokes; Brian Wilson; Eric Clapton; and, Hugh Hefner.Wickedly illustrated throughout with sketches by artist Sian Pattenden, Strauss' first-ever collection of rock journalism is equally raw and revealing (Tom Cruise on Scientology, Brian Wilson on drugs and alcohol), hilarious (Snoop Dogg on record companies and baby diapers), and deeply honest (Eric Clapton on the death of Kurt Cobain and his own struggle with depression). "Everyone Loves You When You're Dead" is Neil Strauss, cultural journalist, at his finest.

“"We might as well have had sex now." -- Lady Gaga "If you were a girl, I'd fck you." -- Bo Diddley "We could do fifteen minutes in Vegas." -- Chuck Berry "One of the longest and greatest interviews I've ever had." -- Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys "The best interview of my life." -- Britney Spears "Well Neil, fck you." -- Phil Collins, Angry Letter to Neil Strauss "The best and most honest daily newspaper reporter rock has ever seen." -- Dave Marsh, Author "This excellent bathroom read is boiled down like little rocks of crack." -- Library Journal "Gonzo interviewing at its best." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "A terrific look at the dysfunctional livelihoods of stardom." -- Publishers Weekly "God bless the demons--and Neil Strauss too." -- Nikki Sixx, M”

"We might as well have had sex now." -- Lady Gaga

"If you were a girl, I'd fck you." -- Bo Diddley

"We could do fifteen minutes in Vegas." -- Chuck Berry

"One of the longest and greatest interviews I've ever had." -- Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys

"The best interview of my life." -- Britney Spears

"Well Neil, fck you." -- Phil Collins, Angry Letter to Neil Strauss

"The best and most honest daily newspaper reporter rock has ever seen." -- Dave Marsh, Author

"This excellent bathroom read is boiled down like little rocks of crack." -- Library Journal

"Gonzo interviewing at its best." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"A terrific look at the dysfunctional livelihoods of stardom." -- Publishers Weekly

"God bless the demons--and Neil Strauss too." -- Nikki Sixx, M�tley Cr�e

Neil Strauss is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The Game, Rules of the Game, and Emergency. He is also the coauthor of three New York Times bestsellers-Jenna Jameson's How to Make Love Like a Porn Star, Motley Crue's The Dirt, and Marilyn Manson's The Long Hard Road Out of Hell-as well as Dave Navarro's Don't Try This at Home, a Los Angeles Times bestseller. A writer for Rolling Stone, Strauss lives in Los Angeles and can be found at

You can tell a lot about somebody in a minute. If you choose the right minute. Here are 228 of them. Join Neil Strauss, "The Mike Tyson of interviewers," (Dave Pirner, Soul Asylum), as he Makes Lady Gaga cry, tries to keep M

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