The best time for gum is just before getting onstage. I need a minty-fresh microphone.

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

I think that if you're passionate about something and you're driven and you're focused, then you can pretty much do anything that you want to do in life.

When Nirvana became popular, you could very easily slip and get lost during that storm. I fortunately had really heavy anchors - old friends, family.

I think maybe what happened was the convenience of technology overshadowed the experience of holding an album in your hands, and sitting on your bedroom floor, and staring at a picture of John Lennon or Gene Simmons or Johnny Rotten. That tangible experience can sometimes become an even more emotional experience, because it's really happening.

The most important thing for me is my family, and my health and happiness, and making sure everyone's cool.

Most people don't take some things into consideration. When they hear an album, they hear the artist or they hear the lyric or they hear the melody. But they don't really think about the environment in which it was recorded, which is so important. It's that thing that determines what the album sounds like.