The Human Element Of Making Music Is

I Was At A New Year's Eve Party, And Someone Asked Me How Was My Year, And I Said, 'i Honestly Think 2011 Was The Best Year Of My Entire Life,' And I Actually Meant It.

After 10 Years, I Have Been Touring For 20, Playing Basically The Same Type Of Music, A Four-piece Or Three-piece Type Of Music With Loud, Crashing Drums And Screaming Vocals. It Gets To The Point Where You're Looking For Something New, And You Don't Want To Do Something That's Way Too Left-field, For Fear That It Might Seem Contrived.

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.

I Think Maybe What Happened Was The Convenience Of Technology Overshadowed The Experience Of Holding An Album In Your Hands, And Sitting On Your Bedroom Floor, And Staring At A Picture Of John Lennon Or Gene Simmons Or Johnny Rotten. That Tangible Experience Can Sometimes Become An Even More Emotional Experience, Because It's Really Happening.

I Can Understand How Some People Might Resent Me For Having The Audacity To Continue Playing Music, But It'd Take A Lot More Than That To Stop Me From Doing It. I Started Foo Fighters Because I Didn't Want To Retreat.