The Human Element Of Making Music Is

We Only Do What Feels Right. If Something Feels Forced Or Contrived, Then We Pull Back. We Remain The Foo Fighters.

I Believe The History Of American Music Is Just As Important As Anything Political Because It's Changed Generations Of People.

When It Comes To Making An Album I Take That Very Seriously. I Am Meticulous, Overworked. That's My Time To Put Everything Under The Microscope.

Cbgb Was A Wild Place, ... The First Time I Ever Played There Was In 1987, I Think, With My Hardcore Band, Scream. And I Remember The Craziest [thing] About That Club Was You Could Be In Front Of The Stage And It Could Be Louder Than Any Show You've Ever Been To In Your Life. But If You Were Towards The Back Of The Club At The Bar, You Could Sit And Have A Conversation With Someone. It Was The Weirdest Thing To Me.

If You Were To Sit Me Down In A Classroom, With Fluorescent Lights Humming And Some Woman Trying To Teach Me Italian, There's No Way. But Scream Goes To Italy, We Stay In A Squat, And The Only Way You Can Ask Someone Where To Take A Piss Is To Do It In Italian. So I Learned Italian.