self-awareness that he knew that he was a rock star, he knew that people loved him and loved the music and he had a responsibility to his fans, but he also was a geek. he was also that music geek that would ask you questions about other bands that would come into mtv or vh1 or talk about hang bangers ball or what have you, and just got to a place where you realize this guy is just an incredible music fan and pop culture fan. >> speaking of dave groll and his relationship with taylor, i've heard it described as a brother-type relationship. the loss of curt cobane and this, what do you think is going through his mind right now? >> i think the sad part of this, yes, dave has lost two important friends in the music industry. fofighters really loved the essence of being a rock band and i think they enjoyed the ride