Singing into a microphone and learning to play an instrument and learning to do your craft, that's the most important thing for people to do.

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

Singing into a microphone and learning to play an instrument and learning to do your craft, that's the most important thing for people to do. It's not about being perfect, it's not about sounding absolutely correct, it's not about what goes on in a computer. It's about what goes on in here [your heart] and what goes on in here [your head].

Nickelback walks into a bar...there's no punchline because ruining music isn't funny.

I've always been a fan of melody and emotional melancholy, whether it was Rites of Spring or Tears for Fears or Neil Young. If I hear a song that has a sweet melody, I'm a sucker for it, whether it's Linkin Park or Little Richard.

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

When I joined Nirvana, I was the fifth or sixth drummer - I don't know if they'd ever had a drummer they were totally happy with. And they were strangers. There was never much of a deeper connection outside of the music.