A biography for Mark Laneganhasn’t been written yet.
“Soundgarden are good friends of mine.”
“I'm not a human interest story, man. I'm just a musician trying to make some small records and be happy, be peaceful.”
“I enjoy the songs that I write, but I can never enjoy them the same way as other peoples' songs.”
“I can't say what people use the experience of listening to songs for, but I would never tell somebody what it is supposed to mean. That defeats the purpose of making it. Hopefully, whoever connects with it connects with it in their own way, and it can mean whatever it is supposed to mean to them.”
“I just sort of do what comes natural.”
“The Warriors team with Baron Davis, Matt Barnes, Stephen Jackson - that was an incredible team.”
“When I was in high school, I took French. I barely passed and didn't learn anything at all. There was a joke among me and my friends in the class that nothing sounded more ridiculous than a guy with a country accent speaking French.”
“I just see what's in front of me. That's what I'm happy with.”
“You can only really sing about what you know; at least, I can.”
“I had a lot of jobs when I was younger. Where I grew up, there was a lot of agricultural jobs, so I worked on a lot of farms. I worked in the pea fields, harvesting peas.”
“In 1997, I thought I'd never make another record.”
“It took me quite a while to find my natural voice. I'm glad I stuck around long enough to see that happen.”
“Yeah, well, I guess Andy Williams would be considered by some to be schmaltzy, but to me, he's one of the greatest singers of all time. Just absolutely amazing. And if anyone doesn't believe me, just YouTube him. He's just one of a kind.”
“You just realize that you don't know everything there is to know. The older I get, the less I know, and that's a good thing. When I was young, I knew everything, and everything wasn't necessarily good.”
“I didn't always enjoy playing music with the Trees.”
“I think I've just matured over the years.”
“I was never super comfortable playing music in front of people anyway. Now I enjoy it, but it wasn't the easiest thing to get past.”
“No one would hang out with me if I didn't have music to make.”
“In 2005, I worked as a scenic painter for a while when I was taking a break from music.”
“I wanted 'Imitations' to be a fully realized record from start to finish, with a cohesive sound and a sequence that took you from one song to the other, just like I would with a record of original stuff.”