I think musicians like me are drawn to those older desks, not just because they're legend and lore but also because they do something really specific that is hard to emulate or re-create digitally.

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

There weren't a lot of career opportunities in crazy-fast hardcore punk, so you didn't have a lot of ambition, just the love and passion to play music with your friends.

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

When digital technology started becoming the norm, you've got 50, 60, 70 years of recordings on tapes that are just deteriorating. Like, a two-inch reel of recording tape won't last forever. It dissolves. It will disappear.

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

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