My father is incapable of showing much affection, or even of carrying on a conversation. I didn't want to have a relationship with him just because he's my blood relative. It would bore me.

People ask me what's like to hear our song on the radio. I don't know, I don't listen to the radio

A friend is nothing but a known enemy.

I just hope I don't become so blissful I become boring. I think I'll always be neurotic enough to do something weird.

Don't expect me to die for you.

I wasn’t thriving socially, so I stayed in my room and played guitar all the time, at the time, I thought I was inventing a new sound that would change the whole outlook of music. I’ve discovered in the last few years that it was just the Seattle Sub Pop sound.

I always wanted to experience the street life because my teenage life in Aberdeen was so boring. But I was never really independent enough to do it. I applied for food stamps, lived under the bridge, and built a fort at the cedar mill.