I pride myself on finding balance. I love making music and I love raising my boys - I find time to make both a priority.

No matter how chaotic it is, wildflowers will still spring up in the middle of nowhere.

Artists have really never had any representation on Capitol Hill, because it's not the nature of the artist to join together and make a unified presence. Those days kind of died in the '60s.

It's better to have three broken engagements than three divorces.

It's interesting when I jog, how much the music makes a difference. You can pretty much count on the Foo Fighters to get your heart rate up.

I try to conduct my life with a little levity.

L.A. to me feels like music industry, and Nashville to me feels like music community.

I'm standing in the desert, waiting for my ship to come in.

I think war is based in greed and there are huge karmic retributions that will follow. I think war is never the answer to solving any problems. The best way to solve problems is to not have enemies.

Let's face it, life is a constant challenge. It's full of unexpected detours that no one but you can navigate.

That feeling of freedom, open highways of possibilities, has kind of been lost to materialism and marketing.

Il est le soleil qui ne se couche jamais sur l'empire de la passivité moderne. Il recouvre toute la surface du monde et baigne indéfiniment dans sa propre gloire.

There is simply no limit to the tyrannical snobbery that otherwise decent people can descend into when it comes to music.

Nothing in his life became him like leaving it.

I think the first photograph I did was a ballplayer. It was a way of showing action or something.

I look like a geeky hacker but I don’t know anything about computers.

So what makes me happy? I was really happy to build this house. That's it; building things. The trouble with software is that it's very hard to show your aunt in Florida what you've done.

I can't understand marketing. I think it's because I never looked at what I do as a job. I've rebelled against that and I will continue to.

If I didn't have [a] wife, maybe I can say, 'Yeah, I'm disappointed I'm not maybe good looking.' ... I don't know about China, but in Russia, I still look good.

When I was in school, working as a team was called cheating.

The only important thing I have to say is that my father never fought against his country.