It may take me a long time before I feel 'ready' to tour as a lead singer. I may never be ready... we'll just have to see.

I think it's evident that expensive neighborhoods in Seattle are surrounded by natural beauty. That elevates city life. So if we can make cities more attractive in the long run, we can be smarter about issues like development, zoning and economics.

It would be great to take one city street and turn it into a pedestrian corridor and see what kind of effect it has on the businesses in that area - It's the future I think.

Call it holistic or holographic thinking, it's been quite effective imagining the world's problems are all right in front of you on a smaller scale with your band. You deal with those relationships, and that's where real major change begins.

If you have a lot of nature in your city, it becomes a more enjoyable place. That's my own feeling about it.

Right, those relationships with your parents and family are the hardest to figure out, and the same patterns get carried into a band situation.

On some planet, I probably could have been a lawyer. On some planet, I could have been somebody in advertising.