I love Donna Summer, and I love ABBA. I love late 70s disco. I love the Bee Gees. I just love that period of recording.

- Taylor Hawkins

I don't have perfect pitch. My drums sound like a drummer, not a drum machine.

- Taylor Hawkins

I don't really know how to play drums, so I play them wrong. But the pro guys, they never sweat. You know if someone's gone to music school, because …

- Taylor Hawkins

The Alanis Morissette tour, everybody thinks that was all sitting around, lighting candles and talking intelligently about synergy and big words. Tha…

- Taylor Hawkins

I like stuff that sounds big and full and makes your head trip and your body react.

- Taylor Hawkins

In the studio you can auto tune vocals, and with drums, you can put them on a grid and make them perfect. I hate that sound. When someone hands me a …

- Taylor Hawkins