There weren't a lot of career opportunities in crazy-fast hardcore punk, so you didn't have a lot of ambition, just the love and passion to play music with your friends.

Your personal history is a part of what happens with your hands and your head as you play music.

I love to play music. So why endanger that with something like drugs?

I know a lot of people who wouldn't be comfortable with everything that comes with being in a band as big as Nirvana. The thing that I don't understand is not appreciating that simple gift of being able to play music.

Hardcore without punk isn't music, it's a genre of porn. And punk isn't a genre of music, it’s a thought process.

When you're thirteen and listening to punk, the aggressive nature of music can sway you to the dark side.