Music is the career I'm lucky enough to get paid for, but I have other desires and passions.

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It was all about music, about getting your friends to come and see you play....

It was all about music, about getting your friends to come and see you play....

I don't do much else but stay in my hotel room.

I don't do much else but stay in my hotel room.

I wish I could just hug you all, but I'm not gonna.

I wish I could just hug you all, but I'm not gonna.

I don't think any drug that can cause brain damage, failing kidneys, hardening arteries, pain,...

I don't think any drug that can cause brain damage, failing kidneys, hardening arteries, pain,...

One of the first bands to break out of Seattle was Heart.

One of the first bands to break out of Seattle was Heart.

My bed isn't made, I'm tired, I haven't slept well for two weeks. I haven't...

My bed isn't made, I'm tired, I haven't slept well for two weeks. I haven't...

There are lasting consequences for using drugs. I'll still be paying for my prior use.

There are lasting consequences for using drugs. I'll still be paying for my prior use.

There's no huge, deep message in any of the songs. We recorded a few months...

There's no huge, deep message in any of the songs. We recorded a few months...

We started this band as kids, and as time has gone on, we've grown and...

We started this band as kids, and as time has gone on, we've grown and...

Andrew Wood's death changed things for a few weeks. I probably got even heavier into...

Andrew Wood's death changed things for a few weeks. I probably got even heavier into...

Our perception of songs that we've written... the meaning changes from day to day... to...

Our perception of songs that we've written... the meaning changes from day to day... to...

A lot of power-pop comes out of LA, a lot of speed metal comes out...

A lot of power-pop comes out of LA, a lot of speed metal comes out...

The songs are about things that we were thinking and we wrote 'em down, and...

The songs are about things that we were thinking and we wrote 'em down, and...

We write about ourselves because we know about ourselves.

We write about ourselves because we know about ourselves.

I guess I can go anywhere I want. If only I knew where to go.

I guess I can go anywhere I want. If only I knew where to go.

At home I'm just a guy who has interests that extend far beyond music.

At home I'm just a guy who has interests that extend far beyond music.

Every article I see is dope this, junkie that, whiskey this - that ain't my...

Every article I see is dope this, junkie that, whiskey this - that ain't my...

Los Angeles, I don't like that town. Too decadent, and it's slimy.

Los Angeles, I don't like that town. Too decadent, and it's slimy.

I don't take part in it the way I used to-the bimbos, the free beers,...

I don't take part in it the way I used to-the bimbos, the free beers,...

Drugs are not the way to the light. They won't lead to a fairy-tale life,...

Drugs are not the way to the light. They won't lead to a fairy-tale life,...