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If it weren't for the Beatles, I would not be a musician.

When you're recording to tape, you usually just settle for what you have. There's not a lot of options to manipulate the performance.

I like the rock documentaries that make it seem real. Some rock documentaries are meant to make the bands look larger than life.

We just do what we always do. We play shows and go home and rest and then play more shows.

There's some things in life that you really consider to be priceless.

If you're trying to connect to people with music - it's more of an outward process and a lot of times musicians can be very inward.

I love being a drummer but I love being a musician in general and I love the Foo fighters.

My songwriting is like extending a hand to the listener.

When something good comes your way, you better feel fortunate, because it doesn't last forever.

Actually, I didn't start sweating until I had children.

I'm not into albums that are meant to sound perfect.

Heavy Metal would not exist without Led Zeppelin, and if it did, it would suck.

How come drummers leave their drumsticks on the dashboard of their car? So they can park in the handicapped spaces.

I love to play music. So why endanger that with something like drugs?

I love Black Sabbath. They made an amazing contribution to music today. Almost every band that made it big in the Nineties owed a debt to them

Ladies and gentlemen, god bless America - land of the free, home of the brave.

No one is you, and that is your power.

There are times when I feel like I'm a traveling minister. I'm trying to go out and get kids to pick-up yard sale instruments and change the world.

I love everything about my job, except being away from the kids.

Music will never go away, and I will never stop making music; it's just what capacity or what arena you decide to do it.

It's funny, there aren't too many musicians that also moonlight as studio engineers. There's a few - the really brilliant ones.

I had long hair since I was 17 years old. It was time for me to let go. I hated being the guy at the wedding in a suit with a ponytail.

What I really miss these days in music - is the music. I prefer to listen to melodies and songs, not just sounds.

Through Kurt I saw the beauty of minimalism and the importance of music that's stripped down.

A lot of people from my generation of music are so focused on playing things correctly or to perfection that they're stuck in that safe place.

It's nice when people are happy to hear that you're still alive, rather than feeling like "Oh, finally he's dead?"

I get confused between the rock and roll thing and my movie star thing ... We're f - -ing movie stars.

Most of our songs were written on acoustic guitar before they made it to the practice stage.

All I really had was a suitcase and my drums. So I took them up to Seattle and hoped it would work.

The Nirvana unplugged album was something we'd always knew we were capable of doing, but it was just a matter of doing it right.

It was supposed to be gross, and now it's gorgeous.

Never lose faith in real rock and roll music. Never lose faith in that. You might have to look a little harder, but it's always going to be there.

'Some Kind Of Monster' is such a nightmare for any musician to watch because you're watching a band be honest to each other. Not a good idea, man!

When it comes to making an album I take that very seriously. I am meticulous, overworked. That's my time to put everything under the microscope.

Mom, thanks for letting me drop out of high school. Haha!

The best time for gum is just before getting onstage. I need a minty-fresh microphone.

Usually, when you go in to make a record, you have 30 songs, and you record 30 of them, and 12 of them make it to the record.

The whole slacker generation totally didn't apply to us musically.

It's funny; recently I've started to notice people's impersonations of me, and it's basically like a hyperactive child.

I'm told that my blood sugar level was twelve times the legal limit - I was sweating honey.

You look up to your heroes and you shouldn't be intimidated by them, you should be inspired by them.

People should never be afraid that Foo Fighters are ever going to break up, it's like your grandparents getting divorced - it's not gonna happen.

Going out and playing music - that's what I do. I don't do much else.

I'm obsessed with Led Zeppelin and have been since I was a teenager

I'm so not macho. It's crazy. My man cave is so not a man cave.

A musician should only sound like what they do, and no two musicians sound the same. It's an individual-feel thing, you know?

Sharing music is not a crime. It shouldn't be. There should be a deeper meaning to making music than just selling downloads.

The human element of making music is what's most important.

That's one of the great things about music. You can sing a song to 85,000 people and they'll sing it back for 85,000 different reasons.

I love to play. And fortunately, I don't know a lot of musicians that suck. I know a bunch of really good ones, and they're always up for playing.

When you're recording to analog tape, it captures performance and you can't necessarily manipulate that in different ways. It is what it is.

When I sit down to interview people, I don't hold questions and I don't know the answers. They're more like conversations that become lessons.

One of the great things about Taylor Hawkins is his ... shirtless body, really.

No one is you and that is your biggest power.

Develop that individuality by working as hard as you can at what you love.

Who's to say what's a good voice and not a good voice?

From one generation to the next, The Beatles will remain the most important rock band of all time.

With this record [The Colour and the Shape], I started taking the lyrics more seriously. This is a very personal album.

It's terrifying to play your favorite band's song in front of your favorite band.

My first instrument was actually the trombone, but that didn't last long. Soon I was playing guitar in bands from the time I was 11 or 12.

What we feel most comfortable doing is playing loud, screaming rock songs.

Give me something to assemble, I won't look at the directions, I'll try to figure it out by myself. It's why I love Ikea furniture.

My mother was a public school teacher in Virginia, and we didn't have any money, we just survived on happiness, on being a happy family.

Wow, I get to wake up again? Ok. You have to make good with what you've got.

Everybody now thinks that Nashville is the coolest city in America,

Rock stars are like sports stars: If you snap your ankle, you're done.

I had a Super Grover doll growing up. Super Grover was very clumsy, he wasn't very good-looking. But in his own way he'd always save the day.

Guilt is cancer. Guilt will confine you, torture you, destroy you as an artist. It's a black wall. It's a thief.

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.

We only do what feels right. If something feels forced or contrived, then we pull back. We remain the Foo Fighters.

When I listen to the radio, I just hear so much music that doesn't even sound like people. The vocals are all tuned, and the drums are all fake.

If there's one thing I'm good at, it's gathering people together to do something fun.

Mick Fleetwood was one of my first interviews. And if you've ever talked to that dude, he's the sweetest guy in the world - he's just a trip.

How do I stay humble? Because I'm the best at being humble.

Your personal history is a part of what happens with your hands and your head as you play music.

There's poetry in being the band that can sell out Wembley but also makes a record in a garage. I don't like doing what people expect me to do.

I never needed much, and I never thought I'd get more than what I had. A trip to Burger King was the biggest thing in the world to me. Heaven.

The most important thing for me is my family, and my health and happiness, and making sure everyone's cool.

I once received a cape that was made from the little purple bags that Crown Royal Whisky comes in.

I was ready to quit music. It felt to me like music equalled death.

If I ever felt like I was getting lost in the hurricane that was storming around Nirvana, I'd just go back to Virginia.

I don't think of Kurt as 'Kurt Cobain from Nirvana'. I think of him as 'Kurt'. It's something that comes back all the time. Almost every day.

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

When I listen to music these days, and I hear Pro Tools and drums that sound like a machine - it kinda sucks the life out of music.

I had no idea what I was doing and I faked it and it worked

I'm not allergic to fashion. I'm just one of those people who when they put on a suit look like they're going to a funeral or to court.

You will only be great at things you love to do don't pursue a career in something you hate to do.

I listen to boy band music before I have to fire someone.

People are so into digital recording now they forgot how easy analog recording can be.

Chicago gave me more music than any other city in America.

Don't look at the poster on your wall and think 'I could never do that.' Look at the poster on your wall and think 'I'm gonna do that!'

When you're thirteen and listening to punk, the aggressive nature of music can sway you to the dark side.

I think people should feel encouraged to be themselves.

Neil Young is my hero. You know what that guy has been doing for the past 40 years? Making music. That's what that guy does.

I never went to rock concerts when I was a kid. I didn't see any rock & roll bands. I had posters on my wall. I had Beatles records.

I hate the solo artist aspect of rock-'n'-roll. I don't have enough personality or charisma to be a solo star.

If you play a Nickleback song backwards you'll hear messages from the devil. Even worse, if you play it forwards you'll hear Nickleback.

I stopped doing drugs when I was 20. I was finished with drugs before Nirvana even started.

I'd love it if everyone knew one Foo Fighters song.

You can make yourself the greatest singer in the world or the best drummer in the world with the aid of technology.