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

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.

People are hard-wired for tribal identity.

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.

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

I had no real photography experience, thankfully. I consciously took a lot of crowd shots. I was influenced by Seattle photographer Charles Peterson, who always seemed to incorporate fans in his live band shots.