I wanted to stimulate thought instead of throwing things out or try to give a perspective. I just put stuff up and it's up for two or three weeks and I get tired of it, so I take it down and put something else up.

I really like to write, so I can just relax and think about things and realize things and then try to express it on my computer.

But this is pretty new for me, both songwriting and singing.

Theodore Roethke was a poet I was raised with so he has a lot of sentimental value for me.

In Utero is a testament to the artistic vision of Kurt Cobain. It's kind of a weird record, and it's strangely beautiful at the same time. And if you look at Kurt's paintings and his drawings - he even did a sculpture for me - it's a rising, tortured-spirit person. It's kind of weird. It's done well, but it's like what Dave was saying about having your own sound. Kurt was a great songwriter. He knew he had a good ear for a hook [and was] a great singer, great guitar player, and In Utero is a good representation of what he liked in art and how he expressed himself.

If you've got a guitar and a lot of soul, just bang something out and mean it. You're the superstar.

And Seattle isn't really crazy anymore. It's a big dot-com city.