I love the dynamic contrast between the spontaneous shots and the more formal, pro-rock-star photos.

There's no school you can go to where you can study how to run a record label. Every day was a learning experience.

People are hard-wired for tribal identity.

I can fully understand [that] artists want to be able to pay their bills. As a fan of art, and art as a way to shift dialogue and address cultural issues, there's a part of me that's really, really saddened by that and can't really relate to it.

Indie rock is very healthy, there's a lot of diversity and a lot of creativity, but it does not have the revolutionary spirit of the late-70s punk scene in regards to design and politics and fashion and stuff like that.

I was a history major in school. I review the past a lot and think about music history and how culture unfolds.

Music careerists from Seattle would typically move to the closest media center, which was L.A.