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Seattle has shaped me in a lot of ways.

I think we were instrumental in saving downtown Seattle. To me, that's the biggest thing we did.

Seattle is very similar to Minneapolis. I like the culture; I like the people. I raced a bike and won a national championship on Lake Washington in 1977, so I've had a connection there for a long time.

Seattle's support system got me through those early, difficult years. It was a very funky, very friendly, very relaxed place that had it all for a writer.

I listened to all types of music, and obviously when I got to Seattle I was very much aware of the music scene there.

So when we finally settled down outside of Seattle I felt totally uncomfortable with that idea.

I love being able to help promote Seattle to travelers worldwide.

I love downtown Seattle. It's a city that has all of the outdoor activities and is still a very cosmopolitan city.

By the end of the 1980s, Seattle had taken on the dangerous lustre of a promised city. The rumour had gone out that if you had failed in Detroit you might yet succeed in Seattle - and that if you'd succeeded in Seoul, you could succeed even better in Seattle... Seattle was the coming place. So I joined the line of hopefuls.

When we moved to Seattle, everybody kind of disappeared into different corners of the city and it was a very difficult time for the band.