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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.

I really liked the Seattle movement.

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

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

I grew up in Seattle, but I always knew I wanted to leave.

Seattle was a rabid film town in the '70s and '80s because it rained so much.

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

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.

To some extent, Seattle remains a frontier metropolis, a place where people can experiment with their lives, and change and grow and make things happen.

Seattle has shaped me in a lot of ways.