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

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.

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.

I had never been in charge of anything. I'd always worked for someone. I worked for a furniture warehouse. I did masonry. I always had a boss yelling at me. So I'd never been in charge of an organization.

It's not until recently that I could even imagine myself as an adult. But these kids today, they look at me like I'm Neil Young. Nirvana is the band their parents listen to.

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

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