It's hard not to respect Kobe Bryant's game: He's one of the all-time greats.
— Mark Lanegan
I grew up a Seattle Sonics fan, in Washington state.
I hope I'm learning until I'm dead.
Nobody likes to believe that they need anybody's help in anything, and the smarter you are - and I'm not smart - or the tougher you are - and at times I thought I was pretty tough - the more trouble you have.
I was excited when the Afghan Whigs got back together.
One of my very favourite poets was a Massachusetts poet named Robert Lowell.
If I have one hero in music, it's John Cale.
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.
When I think of a hit, I think of Madonna.
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.
I don't really take time off between records; it's a compulsion for me.
Doing something that's physical but not necessarily mentally taxing - for me, it frees me up creatively.
I played 'Angry Birds' and tried to see what the hoopla was about.
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.
Even when I'm making my own solo records, I'm collaborating with people. It keeps things interesting for me.
I'm not a human interest story, man. I'm just a musician trying to make some small records and be happy, be peaceful.
My favorite record, growing up, was 'Songs of the Haunted House,' a Disney record that was just wackiness. It's still one of my favorites, actually.
I like Jamal Crawford. He's from Seattle, went to high school there, lived up there. He's fantastic.
Most of the music I'm into wasn't popular when it was being made.
I grew up in a small, rural community, where my extended family were mountain-folk type people, and some were very religious.
The Trees was four complete nuts. We didn't have a damn thing in common except insanity. So we fought a lot. And we had two brothers - who fought like brothers.
Soundgarden are good friends of mine.
I don't think I've ever gotten to the point where I sent out Christmas cards! But if I did, they would have to feature my pets, that's for sure.
The first music I heard that made me put away my comic books and make music was original punk.
It's satisfying and gratifying to make your own music, but I personally don't get the same enjoyment out of the music that I make as I do from somebody else's music that I like.
In 2005, I worked as a scenic painter for a while when I was taking a break from music.
Collaboration is part of what keeps me interested in music.
No one would hang out with me if I didn't have music to make.
I was listening to punk rock in the '70s as a young kid, but all by myself; I never met anyone that listened to that kind of music. Just by chance, I was in detention, and one of the guys in the class was Van Conner... I started talking to him and found out that we listened to some of the same music.
I'm not really interested in video games.
I enjoy working on whatever I'm working on.
Usually I write on guitar.
I was in trouble with the law from when I was real young.
In 1997, I thought I'd never make another record.
The Warriors team with Baron Davis, Matt Barnes, Stephen Jackson - that was an incredible team.
Talking about myself is difficult for me. It's anti my true nature.
As far as I remember, I don't have any warrants out for my arrest anymore. I can travel without fear.
When I was a kid, I got caught shoplifting by a store security guard in Ellensburg. The next time I saw that store guard was when I got thrown in jail again - this time for not paying court fees. The guy happened to be in jail, too, right next to me. That's what Eastern Washington is like - you never get too far away from anybody.
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.
I have to have animals. They really make life worth living, and my world actually revolves around them. They know exactly when it's time to get up, exactly when they're supposed to get their food, and they let you know. Mine are right there in my face, first thing every morning.
When I'm listening to music for pleasure, I'm gonna listen to someone else's music.
I'm not much of a partyer.
I worked as a breakfast cook in a lot of different restaurants.
I'd wear nice clothes and brush my teeth more often if I cared about what people thought.
Have I tried a black pudding? I'll eat anything - I'm not finicky - but that's not to say it takes any courage to eat black puddings because I find them delicious.
I was in Screaming Trees - I wasn't really interested in playing quiet music in a live setting. But I would get asked quite often to do a show or open for somebody, and I always said no. Finally, I was asked if I would open for Johnny Cash, and Johnny Cash was one of my dad's favorite heroes. So that's why I started doing solo shows.
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.
All the guys I know that play guitar are also secretly drummers and vice versa.
Me and Kurt Cobain were both listening to a bunch of Lead Belly and diggin' it. We thought, 'Let's do an EP of all Lead Belly songs.' We did a couple, and both of us were like, 'Nah, this is a bad concept.' We set it aside.
Everybody has unhappiness.
