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

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.

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

The absence of a bass player always makes things go faster and hit harder in the high-end range.

You're charging money to have people come watch you play; I want them to feel taken someplace good or provoked into thinking my way for an hour and a half or two hours.

You run the risk of falling on your face, but, again, music is an individual pursuit - it is made to please yourself first.

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