But my role is to just apply the skills I've learned over the years: you listen to the guitar, you listen to the vocal melodies, you listen to the rhythm, and you come up with something that helps you take the song somewhere.

When Nirvana hit it big, it was overwhelming because we were part of the counterculture. Nirvana didn't go to the mainstream - the mainstream came to Nirvana.

I'm just really happy, because I think we're a great band, and I really like great bands.

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.

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

She's intense and passionate, so she's perfect.

Don't follow a trend. Follow your heart.