When I get really hammered I take my clothes off. That's a sure sign. It's been a long time since the last time I did that. Probably a year.

So, we just kind of created our own thing and that's part of the beauty of Athens: is that it's so off the map and there's no way you could ever be the East Village or an L.A. scene or a San Francisco scene, that it just became its own thing.

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

I was vegetarian, trying to eat from fast-food restaurants without meat. I didn't know how to eat properly and I was starving. I was adrenalized to the eyeballs from performing. I was afraid that I was sick with AIDS. We were playing five shows a week. I even went through a period of abstinence where I didn't drink and stopped having sex. Which is crazy. Maybe I'm answering too many questions at once here, but this is where my mind was at the age of 25.

The punk-rock ethos was "Do it yourself. Anyone can do this. We're not sent from the heavens."

When we first started, we were a band from Athens and that was so off the map.

Be yourself. Follow your heart. I know it sounds obvious, but it's the best advice at anyone ever. Take advice from other people, but take from it what feels right for you.