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

When you're thirteen and listening to punk, the aggressive nature of music can sway you to the dark side.

I believe the history of American music is just as important as anything political because it's changed generations of people.

My songwriting is like extending a hand to the listener.

I don't want to say that most rock bands live these formulaic biography existences - but they kinda do. There's always a divorce. There's always an OD. There's always a bad business manager.

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.

Wow, I get to wake up again? Ok. You have to make good with what you've got.