Joining a band without ever having really met the people before, you just want to be musically powerful.

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

You know why Foo Fighters have been a band for 20 years? Because I've never really told anybody what I think of them. The last thing you ever want to do is go to therapy with your band.

My songwriting is like extending a hand to the listener.

I mean, I never liked being told what to do. It's one of the reasons I dropped out of school. 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.

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