We Die Young is about gang violence. That was something that was happening in Seattle, something that kinda opened our eyes. It just seemed like things were getting out of hand. Incidents where kids were getting shot, and getting their tennis shoes ripped off their dead bodies. It just seems like these kids are dying at younger and younger ages and getting involved in gang activity.

It was all about music, about getting your friends to come and see you play. I don't see that same intimacy happening very much today.

One of the first bands to break out of Seattle was Heart.

People have a right to ask questions and dig deep when you're hurting people and things around you.

I don't take part in it the way I used to-the bimbos, the free beers, free drugs, all that. That's still there if you want it, but I don't really seek that out any more.

If I can't be my own, I'd feel better dead

I don't think any drug that can cause brain damage, failing kidneys, hardening arteries, pain, and suffering should be made available.