"I'm going to be a superstar musician, kill myself, and go out in a flame of glory."
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"I just hope I don't become so blissful I become boring. I think I'll always be neurotic enough to do something weird."
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"My songs have always been frustrating themes, relationships that I've had. And now that I'm in love, I expect it to be really happy, or at least there won't be half as much anger as there was."
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"Total peace after death, becoming someone else, is the best hope I've got."
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"Live music is the most primal form of energy release you can share with other people besides having sex or taking drugs."
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"I was accepted by cool people because the cheerleaders thought I was cute. The jocks knew the jock-girls thought I was cute. I just chose not to hang around with them."
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"You know what I hate about rock? I hate tie-dyed tee shirts. I wouldn't wear a tie-dyed tee shirt unless it was dyed with the urine of Phil Collins and the blood of Jerry Garcia."
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"I like to have strong opinions with nothing to back them up with besides my primal sincerity. I like sincerity. I lack sincerity."
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"I wasn’t thriving socially, so I stayed in my room and played guitar all the time, at the time, I thought I was inventing a new sound that would change the whole outlook of music. I’ve discovered in the last few years that it was just the Seattle Sub Pop sound."
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"I don’t wanna have any other kind of job. I can’t work among people. I may as well try & make a career out of this. All my life my dream has been to be a big rock star - just may as well abuse it while you can."
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"You can't buy happiness"
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"My songs have always had frustrating themes - relationships I've had"
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"Expression and the right to express is vital, anyone can be artistic."
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"Believe everything you read"
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"My father is incapable of showing much affection, or even of carrying on a conversation. I didn't want to have a relationship with him just because he's my blood relative. It would bore me."
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"People ask me what's like to hear our song on the radio. I don't know, I don't listen to the radio"
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"I've always quit jobs without telling the employer that I was quitting; I just wouldn't show up one day."
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"I’m not going to say a damn word about it being tough; I’m having the best time of my life!"
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"The future of rock belongs to women."
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"I own a '66 Jaguar. That's the guitar I polish, and baby - I refuse to let anyone touch it when I jump into the crowd."
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