When Elliott Smith came out, it was falling on deaf ears. But artists were reacting to it.

My own perception was that although it kind of sucks to be stuck in a contract you signed a long time ago, when you're having success, it gives you some leverage.

Lars [Ulrich] of Metallica is one of the worst drummers I've ever heard, but they hide it because they spend millions recording.

I figured that if anyone could be wildly popular in one town, then that could be replicated everywhere, all you have to do is get the word out.

Sleater-Kinney's biggest momentum was from the press - that, second to Radiohead, they got more positive press than any other band in America in the 90s.

...the imagination is unleashed by constraints. You break out of the box by stepping into shackles.

Things are not always as bad as they seem. Sometimes, the darkness only makes it easier to see the light.

The truth is that climate change is presenting the greatest challenge humanity has ever faced.

I just wanted to get the hell out of my town. I wanted to leave with reckless abandon. I didn't care where I ended up, as long as I saw as much as humanly possible.

We must each of us bear our own misfortunes.

Society imposes low expectations of those who have disabilities”

Why should a sequence of words be anything but a pleasure?

The ideal way to get rid of any infectious disease would be to shoot instantly every person who comes down with it.

I still buy nice pieces but, at the moment, they're presents for other people, so I only collect vicariously.

Just because I write in the first person doesn't mean that all my songs are autobiographical.