Going out and playing music – that’s what I do. I don’t do much else.
I think that if you’re passionate about something and you’re driven and you’re focused, then you can pretty much do anything that you want to do in life.
A lot of people from my generation of music are so focused on playing things correctly or to perfection that they’re stuck in that safe place.
Whenever I say I made a record in the garage, people just assume that I have, like, a Lear jet parked in there or something. But really there’s old luggage, a couple of bikes. It’s big enough to put one minivan in. That’s it. No dartboard. I’m so not macho.
It’s not until recently that I could even imagine myself as an adult. But these kids today, they look at me like I’m Neil Young. Nirvana is the band their parents listen to.
Be someone’s light when they are hopeless.
It’s important to me that people feel connected to the band through the music, you know? I don’t want it to be wallpaper. I don’t want it to be background music. I want it to be clear: This is the song. These are the words. If you feel the same way as I do, sing it as loud as you can.
If there’s one thing I’m good at, it’s gathering people together to do something fun.
When I listen to the radio, I just hear so much music that doesn’t even sound like people. The vocals are all tuned, and the drums are all fake.
When you’re young, you’re not afraid of what comes next. You’re excited by it.
You look up to your heroes and you shouldn’t be intimidated by them, you should be inspired by them.
Chicago gave me more music than any other city in America.
I know a lot of people who wouldn’t be comfortable with everything that comes with being in a band as big as Nirvana. The thing that I don’t understand is not appreciating that simple gift of being able to play music.
When digital technology started becoming the norm, you’ve got 50, 60, 70 years of recordings on tapes that are just deteriorating. Like, a two-inch reel of recording tape won’t last forever. It dissolves. It will disappear.
I’m not allergic to fashion. I’m just one of those people who when they put on a suit look like they’re going to a funeral or to court.
I’m a skinny, geeky, high school dropout – it works, kids! Sensitive guys always get the girl. You’ll get laid 10 times as much as that guy on the football team ’cause he’s on steroids and he’s gonna get fat.
People should never be afraid that Foo Fighters are ever going to break up, it’s like your grandparents getting divorced – it’s not gonna happen.
I’m told that my blood sugar level was twelve times the legal limit – I was sweating honey.
I’m obsessed with Led Zeppelin and have been since I was a teenager.
At school where you a dunce or a teacher’s pet? All of the above. I was stupid so they thought I was cute.