There's a reason why the Foo Fighters don't blast out Nirvana songs every night: because we have a lot of respect for them. You know, that's hallowed ground. We have to be careful. We have to tread lightly. We have talked about it before, but the opportunity hasn't really come up, or it just hasn't felt right.

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

Some people record onto tape, and then they pay for the tape, and download those onto a hard drive. Initially in a Pro Tools program. Other people go straight into digital, and use no tape at all.

Sharing music is not a crime. It shouldn't be. There should be a deeper meaning to making music than just selling downloads.

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.

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

Music will never go away, and I will never stop making music; it's just what capacity or what arena you decide to do it.