I think that debut albums are supposed to sound sort of raw. You don't want to record 'Sgt. Pepper's' as your first… — Taylor Hawkins Copy Share Image
The drummer is stereotypically the dumb guy. Maybe that's why I always respect drummers who do more than drum. — Taylor Hawkins Copy Share Image
I like stuff that sounds big and full and makes your head trip and your body react. — Taylor Hawkins Copy Share Image
I don't like guitar solos that are like, 'Look at me, look at me!' I like guitar solos that are little songs… — Taylor Hawkins Copy Share Image
'Boy,' 'October,' 'War,' 'The Unforgettable Fire' and 'The Joshua Tree,' those records, they're part of my musical DNA and structure. — Taylor Hawkins Copy Share Image
I don't really know how to play drums, so I play them wrong. But the pro guys, they never sweat. You know… — Taylor Hawkins Copy Share Image
Rock will never be dead for me. Do I like a lot of what I hear on rock music radio? No, not… — Taylor Hawkins Copy Share Image
I only started playing piano because I had chickenpox when I was about 14 and wasn't allowed to play my drums for… — Taylor Hawkins Copy Share Image
The Alanis Morissette tour, everybody thinks that was all sitting around, lighting candles and talking intelligently about synergy and big words. That… — Taylor Hawkins Copy Share Image
In hindsight, if I could go back in time and relay a message to my younger self, I would tell him to… — Taylor Hawkins Copy Share Image
The one thing I do know is that I'm the best Taylor Hawkins drummer there is, and that is all I can… — Taylor Hawkins Copy Share Image
In the studio you can auto tune vocals, and with drums, you can put them on a grid and make them perfect.… — Taylor Hawkins Copy Share Image
I'm just not somebody who can sit around doing nothing, and all of us in the Foo Fighters have our own things… — Taylor Hawkins Copy Share Image
I love Donna Summer, and I love ABBA. I love late '70s disco. I love the Bee Gees. I just love that period of… — Taylor Hawkins Copy Share
I used to dress like Roger Taylor when I was ten because I thought he was cool. In high school, I used to dress… — Taylor Hawkins Copy Share
I don't take breaks, man. In the past, I used to spend my free time getting in trouble, and now I spend it working… — Taylor Hawkins Copy Share
In the Foo Fighters, my main job is to be the drummer, and that's enough. — Taylor Hawkins Copy Share
I've worked hard, but this business can be tough, and I just consider myself incredibly lucky to have had the career that I have,… — Taylor Hawkins Copy Share
I know I'm not Freddie Mercury or Ann Wilson, and that's okay. You don't have to be a great singer to sing rock and… — Taylor Hawkins Copy Share
I only started playing piano because I had chickenpox when I was about 14 and wasn't allowed to play my drums for a whole… — Taylor Hawkins Copy Share
I like stuff that sounds big and full and makes your head trip and your body react. — Taylor Hawkins Copy Share
When I was a kid, of course I wanted to be the fastest, the loudest and the one with the biggest drum set, but… — Taylor Hawkins Copy Share
I don't like guitar solos that are like, 'Look at me, look at me!' I like guitar solos that are little songs within the… — Taylor Hawkins Copy Share
'Boy,' 'October,' 'War,' 'The Unforgettable Fire' and 'The Joshua Tree,' those records, they're part of my musical DNA and structure. — Taylor Hawkins Copy Share
I've been lucky enough to have fulfilled so many ambitions, and gone way past anything I ever thought I would do. I could never… — Taylor Hawkins Copy Share
I think that debut albums are supposed to sound sort of raw. You don't want to record 'Sgt. Pepper's' as your first album, because… — Taylor Hawkins Copy Share
