Just the other day I pulled out this old cassette of Ragged Glory and I popped it into my cassette player and I was digging it. They were just a great rock and roll band, one that presents the song ahead of everything else - there's no grand idea or concept behind it.

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.

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

I think pot should be legalized, but I think the promotion of party culture is irresponsible.

We remember Kurt for what he was: caring, generous and sweet.

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