You have to follow every melodic line, every emotional idea, or you don't get your money's worth.

To do it nationally or internationally, you have to follow a few more rules.

I don't have the inclinations that other people seem to have as far as the business is concerned.

Now I know I'll never be numb again. A mother is condemned to feel everything forever. And I'm finally afraid, condemned to fear everything forever. But that makes sense: feel someone else's pain, feel someone else's everything.And he's my baby, so everything's okay.

Nirvana was pop. You can have distorted guitars and people say it's alternative, but you can't break out of pop music's constructs and still get extensive radio play and media coverage.

If you're the band leader you ask more of yourself than anyone else, so they tend to raise the bar for me.

I don't mind what the market is, but why is it vapid? If they're such a bunch of idiots, why don't you show them good music instead? They're not going to know the difference.