As a journalist, I'm not supposed to be the subject, but as an author, I'm fair game - another ingredient in the media soup.

People shared everything: information, equipment, their floors, whatever. There was strength in unity.

Just as not all popular albums are wonderful, not all wonderful albums are popular.

There's no law that says anybody has to do an interview.

For Nirvana, putting out their first major-label record was like getting into a new car. But the runaway success was like suddenly discovering that the car was a Ferrari and the accelerator pedal was Krazy Glued to the floorboard.

Nine Inch Nails' sound is dominated by clanging synths and sardonic, shrieking vocals.

I would roll out of bed and immediately start working, and keep working until it was so late at night that I couldn't stay awake anymore. Then I'd go to sleep and wake up the next morning and do the same thing all over again. I did that every day for three years.