I think the media's the kind of thing where the truth doesn't win, because it's no fun. The truth's no fun.

I don't think about my mom when I'm onstage. I just don't really think about my kids when I'm working, and when we press stop and I walk outside, they're the first things I think about.

I think the media's the kind of thing where the truth doesn't win, because it's no fun. The truth's no fun.

My mother was 45 when she had me, so when I was in high school my parents were the same age as my friends' grandparents.

Playing drums feels like coming home for me. Even during the White Stripes I thought: 'I'll do this for now, but I'm really a drummer.' That's what I'll put on my passport application.

I have never in my whole life asked for an autograph. It seems a little ... unnecessary.

Do not trust people who call themselves musicians or record collectors who say that they don’t like Bob Dylan or the Beatles. They do not love music if those words come out of their mouths.