As far as paintings go, I always think about what it's like to move them and hang them up and hope they don't drop. To me, that seems like a big gamble, but that comes from me not being a painter.

We lived in Chicago, but the music we were inspired by was from D. C.

The day of parts of the country hating each other, or rivalries like that... I feel like that's dead.

Just a lot of those bands [like The Blue Jean Committee] started off in blues, and then they all transformed into other kinds.

People are always nice, so I can't complain. My name used to be SNL! More and more, people call me by my name.

As far as paintings go, I always think about what it's like to move them and hang them up and hope they don't drop. To me, that seems like a big gamble, but that comes from me not being a painter.

Portland is where young people go to retire.