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In Utero Is A Testament To The Artistic Vision Of Kurt Cobain. It's Kind Of A Weird Record, And It's Strangely Beautiful At The Same Time. And If You Look At Kurt's Paintings And His Drawings - He Even Did A Sculpture For Me - It's A Rising, Tortured-spirit Person. It's Kind Of Weird. It's Done Well, But It's Like What Dave Was Saying About Having Your Own Sound. Kurt Was A Great Songwriter. He Knew He Had A Good Ear For A Hook [and Was] A Great Singer, Great Guitar Player, And In Utero Is A Good Representation Of What He Liked In Art And How He Expressed Himself.

Theodore Roethke Was A Poet I Was Raised With So He Has A Lot Of Sentimental Value For Me.

But My Role Is To Just Apply The Skills I've Learned Over The Years: You Listen To The Guitar, You Listen To The Vocal Melodies, You Listen To The Rhythm, And You Come Up With Something That Helps You Take The Song Somewhere.

The Perception Of Him As Brooding And Dark And Miserable, That Is Baloney. Kurt Cobain Was A Funny Dude.

And Seattle Isn't Really Crazy Anymore. It's A Big Dot-com City.