Puberty hit me very hard, and I basically had no use for school once I discovered the guitar.

Ten years from now, it'll all be the blues because that's the only speed I'll be able to play

The essence of Bonham is what he didn't play rather than what he did play - what he left out.

I have learned of this great force and will never test the boundless energy of what is karma.

I will absolutely say that Johnny Ramone was a huge influence on me. I'm a giant Ramones fan.

The bands that wrote the big, heroic rock songs - I really wanted to make a record like that.

I mean, I tend to do my own thing, and that usually crosses purposes with everyone around me.

Normally the meaning of the songs, if there is any, occurs to me after I've written the song.

I've been getting plenty off my chest. Sometimes I get too much off my chest and I regret it.

I'd never go onstage in my life without fully intending to do the best show you've ever seen.

Ever since I was a kid, I've always been interested in the poetry of melancholy, if you like.

There's always something special playing in your home country in front of your home audience.

We have a marriage of people of various cultures coming together. It's not a joke. It's real.

Great music as much about the space in between the notes as it is about the notes themselves.

I really wanted to work with David Lynch. I was a big fan of The Elephant Man and Eraserhead.

Sometimes, fear is good. Sometimes it's a good thing to have a little bit of a reality check.

It's really weird getting phone calls, and people going 'I love you, I love you, I love you.'

I like Dave Grohl, I guess he's a little newer. It makes you shake, it's uppity and spirited.

Hopping the fence or wading the Rio Grande River isn't part of America's immigration process.

Most artists never get a chance to be Picasso, but that doesn't mean you would stop painting.

I'm a minimalist at heart. If a song doesn't need a solo, I'm not going to force one into it.

Going to public school is like living in bubble, you have no concept of what other people do.

People sometimes say we take things too seriously, but it's the only way you'll get anywhere.

Chicken Little change my life when I was younger. I had no idea chickens could talk *laughs*.

You think I have the responsibilty... I have the responsibility to give the fans a good time!

I'm not a big hip-hop fan, but I respect all kinds of music and some of them are really cool.

I love vinyl, but I'm not a 'vinyl person'. I still collect, but most of my stuff is digital.

We don't really have more than acouple of solos. It's just the way our music is put together.

Generosity is the key to all relationships. To friendships and bands. That's the golden rule.

I always want to do different things. I'm always obsessed with trying to do different things.

In a world that keeps on pushing me around, I'm gonna stand my ground, and I won't back down.

Single's fun - you don't have to check in with your girl, but it's not easy. I do get lonely.

Drumming's pretty physical. We sit at the back of the stage getting beat up like a workhorse.

On tour, you never have a home, you don`t get used to anything, and you`re always super busy.

On tour, you never have a home, you don't get used to anything, and you're always super busy.

The only negative thing about murder is that when you kills someone they can no longer suffer

To me, personally, an ideal society would be a world where only I and those I care for exist.

I never used to drink water. I am drinking six liters of water every day now. That's the key.

If I can hear it I can kind of play it. I guess that's how I write, just how something feels.

I want to be fulfilled in myself, rather than try to follow exactly in my father's footsteps.

The present is what slips by us while we're pondering the past and worrying about the future.

What inspires me is my daughter because I want to set a good example for her, as does my wife.

But people who really know me, know that I am not a bad boy at heart... I am a big teddy bear.

Boys, for the most part, are not very observant - or all that together smart, for that matter.

I listen to Helmet - and I love Helmet, they're a great band - but every song sounds the same.

A lot of peopletell me I'm a bit dreamy, but I like the idea of that. Of being somewhere else.

Everybody has a high point and a lot goes into that: timing, situation, general consciousness.

Yeah, we have our differences, but we put those aside, and now we're making music. It's great.

I can't explain why one wants to pass a particular sort of pain onto other people, but you do.

No, it's not dissatisfaction that inspires me to tinker with my songs, it's just restlessness.

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