A biography for Mark Laneganhasn’t been written yet.
“I grew up in a small, rural community, where my extended family were mountain-folk type people, and some were very religious.”
“When I think of a hit, I think of Madonna.”
“If tears were liquor, I'd have drunk myself sick.”
“If I have one hero in music, it's John Cale.”
“I guess if you live long enough, anything can happen.”
“I was excited when the Afghan Whigs got back together.”
“Even when I'm making my own solo records, I'm collaborating with people. It keeps things interesting for me.”
“It's hard not to respect Kobe Bryant's game: He's one of the all-time greats.”
“'Gargoyle' was inching towards a more accessible record.”
“I try and treat songwriting as something that I have to practise every day.”
“Nothing seems too weird to me anymore.”
“Usually I write on guitar.”
“I've always said everything happens the way it's supposed to.”
“I enjoy working on whatever I'm working on.”
“It was really difficult to sing; nobody showed me how to do it. I remember early Screaming Trees shows in the '80s when I'd walk away with a pounding headache from trying to sing way out of my range.”
“When I'm listening to music for pleasure, I'm gonna listen to someone else's music.”
“Hanging out with the Trees is like hanging out with your family, and I hardly ever see my family.”
“When they're listening to your music all the time, you become part of their life, and some people get obsessed.”
“I would only tell a story if I was being mercilessly heckled. That's the only time I would talk to the audience.”
“I used to throw a lot of stuff against the wall, just to see what ended up sticking; now I'm pretty much using everything that I create for a record.”