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.

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.

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.

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

Whenever I say I made a record in the garage, people just assume that I have, like, a Lear jet parked in there or something. But really there's old luggage, a couple of bikes. It's big enough to put one minivan in. That's it. No dartboard. I'm so not macho.

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.

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