I've Had A Long Career And I

There Wasn't A Key Moment When I Knew I Wanted To Quit.

If You Sold A Million Records, The Only Way You Could Be Disappointed Is If The Guy Down The Street Sold Seven Million. But You've Got To Start Dodging Bullets Once You've Sold That Many Records, Because Everybody Wants To Kill You. We're Not In That Position. We Can Still Be Very Successful And Not Have To Worry About Wearing Bulletproof Vests.

I'm Not A Lyric Writer To Make Statements. What I Enjoy Doing Is Making Paintings With Lyrics, Creating Colorful Images. I Think That's More What Entertainment And Music Should Be.

I Don't Think There Are Too Many Rock Bands In History That Can Look At The Beginning And Middle And Ending Of Themselves And See What I See When I Think Of Soundgarden. I Think From The Beginning Through The Middle And The End It Was Such A Perfect Ride And Such A Perfect Legacy To Leave.

When That Much Time Goes By, You're Really Listening To Your Old Music Differently. At The Time It's Written, It Was The Beginning Of Our Career And With Every Song We're Thinking, 'this Is What's Creating Us.' Now, Nothing Is Creating Us. We're Well-created. We're There. It Becomes Just Pure Pleasure And You Become Sort Of An Archeologist Of Your Own Music. You Don't Judge It, Because What's The Point? It's A 30-year-old Song. It Just Becomes Fun.