Krist Novoselic

“We asserted ourselves as a music community, and showed legislators that music is positive. Especially if you've sold 300 million records worldwide and pay taxes.”

“Just the other day I pulled out this old cassette of Ragged Glory and I popped it into my cassette player and I was digging it. They were just a great rock and roll band, one that presents the song ahead of everything else - there's no grand idea or concept behind it.”

“It felt like being in the center of the world, and I felt like I was a witness to history and I knew that the whole world was watching on television. So, I could feel the collective consciousness of the world focused on this little strip of land called Seattle.”

“I kind of discovered my voice for the first time, and the more I did it, the better it got.”

“I'm just really happy, because I think we're a great band, and I really like great bands.”

“Sunshine Cake is just a fun hobby thing. That's about it.”

“I live out in the country now and it's quiet and it's a place where I can think a lot.”

“We remember Kurt for what he was: caring, generous and sweet.”

“No band is special, no player royalty.”

“Don't follow a trend. Follow your heart.”

“Our idea is simply to play the songs and to emphasize our musicianship.”

“I wanted to stimulate thought instead of throwing things out or try to give a perspective. I just put stuff up and it's up for two or three weeks and I get tired of it, so I take it down and put something else up.”

“Theodore Roethke was a poet I was raised with so he has a lot of sentimental value for me.”

“But whenever history is in the making, there's some kind of intangible feeling.”

“But remember, guitar players are a dime a dozen.”

“Mike Watt and I had the same teacher. Mr. Tanaka.”

“I'm really into Sweet 75 right now, and I dig playing Nirvana, don't get me wrong. Even if Kurt never died, more than likely I'd be in Sweet 75 today still.”

“The only way you do anything is to become really active. And the most effective way to get your message to your elected representatives is to make campaign contributions and develop relationships with them.”

“I don't know about the time those songs were written. But he was jamming with someone in Colorado or San Francisco, and I'm sure he was working on the lyrics right up to the show because they were really relevant for the situation.”

“But this is pretty new for me, both songwriting and singing.”