I think when you're young and you get together with a group of guys who think like you and you start to make something that moves you as a group of people and you have a common goal, that's an exciting time.

I never knew Kurt to be suicidal. I just knew that he was going through a really tough time.

When you get a chance to play with people - informally is one thing, but when you hook up and make something that's going to last or mean something to someone, I take it very seriously.

There's just so little mystery left in music or film. It was all that was magical to me as a child.

I've always been a fan of album covers with no writing on them and have used them a lot in my own groups.

Anything lower than mid-six figures is not going to get me interested in that. And honestly, I just don't want to.

I've never presented myself as anything less than a flawed person.