But I think the one thing that I can say about us is that we're very consistent about certain things and part of that is our desire to do the very best work that we can and not rest on our laurels, or not allow formula to come into what we do.

The whole point of the punk-rock thing was that "We're not special. We just have a voice."

I was born in Georgia. That's where my grandparents-and all my people-are from. But my family traveled a great deal because my dad was in the army as a helicopter pilot.

If you disagree with me, fine! Because that's the great thing about America, we can disagree!

We toured that record for a year, which turned out to be the culmination of ten years of being constantly on the road. We were sick to death of touring.

They spoke truth and a lot of people listened.... that voice, Kurt we miss you.

When we signed with Warner Bros., they knew what they were getting. They knew they weren't going to get some easily manipulated prepackaged pop group. That was not going to happen. What they wanted, I think, was the integrity that we had to offer. What they wanted was the kind of street cred or cache that R.E.M. could bring to them and the chance that we would give them a hit or two. What happened was we gave them a bunch of hits. And we became huge.