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And later, if I ever felt that I was getting swept away by the craziness of being in a band, well, I'd go back to Virginia.

When Nirvana became popular, you could very easily slip and get lost during that storm. I fortunately had really heavy anchors - old friends, family.

I spent so many summers and New Years and fun times in New Orleans. It was always a place where I felt I could go and actually let go and enjoy the spirit of something.

If I had grown up in any place but New Orleans, I don't think my career would have taken off. I wouldn't have heard the music that was around this town. There was so much going on when I was a kid.

I'm a huge Nirvana fan.

It was like being in the eye of a hurricane. You'd wake up in a concert and think, Wow, how did I get here?

For a while I was living in New Orleans for like 4, 5 years. I had just come back to town.

I wanted to get out of Mississippi in the worst way. Go back? What I want to go back for?

I owe everything to Nirvana. But I can't let that overshadow the future. For the first few years, I didn't even want to talk about Nirvana. Partly because it was just painful to talk about losing Kurt but also because I wanted the Foo Fighters to mean something.