Never lose faith in real rock and roll music. Never lose faith in that. You might have to look a little harder, but it's always going to be there.

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.

No one has any faith in the tape anymore - everyone just relies on computers and considers the hardrive to be the safest option, and I don't. I think an analog tape is something you can hold.

Everybody now thinks that Nashville is the coolest city in America.

I never went to rock concerts when I was a kid. I didn't see any rock & roll bands.

CBGB represents a lot to New York City and to underground rock and to new wave and post-punk and whatever. But, you know, it's like tearing down the Jefferson Memorial or something.

Chicago gave me more music than any other city in America.