The idea of starting a band because of Nirvana and thereby trying to sound like Nirvana is totally not the case.

That's for non-musicians to say: "I only listen to this or that type of music." I think musicians love all music, or at least that's my case.

In an artistic and spiritual sense I'm really not that concerned about what happens after the album is done.

Sometimes you learn about the personality of your favorite artist, and you like their art a little less, because it doesn't jibe with what you had envisioned.

You can't just imitate and keep coming up with ideas. You have to be tapping into something that's pure and unconscious in yourself or you'll have no career.

I would have issues with directions songs were taking, but I never heard one of Carlos' [Dangler] basslines and said, "I don't like that, do something else." The same goes for the beat and the guitars. I think that's why we were able to make four albums together.

If you're playing a one-minute game, I could squeeze in five to six games before anybody walked by my cubicle. So I got really good at blitz, one-minute chess games. But that's kind of like the cheap chess version.