Through Kurt I saw the beauty of minimalism and the importance of music that’s stripped down.
DAVE GROHLHow do I stay humble? Because I’m the best at being humble.
More Dave Grohl Quotes
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What we feel most comfortable doing is playing loud, screaming rock songs.
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The whole slacker generation totally didn’t apply to us musically.
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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.
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There’s always gonna be rock n’ roll bands, there’s always gonna be kids that love rock n’ roll records, and there will always be rock n’ roll.
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I love to play music. So why endanger that with something like drugs?
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There’s nothing I’d rather do than make music. It’s the love of my life.
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Always have the highest bar for yourself.
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I think people should feel encouraged to be themselves.
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You look up to your heroes and you shouldn’t be intimidated by them; you should be inspired by them.
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I had never been in charge of anything. I’d always worked for someone. I worked for a furniture warehouse. I did masonry. I always had a boss yelling at me. So I’d never been in charge of an organization.
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When I joined Nirvana, I was the fifth or sixth drummer – I don’t know if they’d ever had a drummer they were totally happy with. And they were strangers. There was never much of a deeper connection outside of the music.
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When Nirvana became popular, you could very easily slip and get lost during that storm. I fortunately had really heavy anchors – old friends, family.
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As I get older… I start to realize that life ain’t half bad. Each year, I’m amazed that I’m still alive. I don’t take any of this for granted, I’m a lucky dude.
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The most important thing for me is my family, and my health and happiness, and making sure everyone’s cool.
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Music will never go away, and I will never stop making music; it’s just what capacity or what arena you decide to do it.
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I believe the history of American music is just as important as anything political because it’s changed generations of people.
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Never lose faith in real rock and roll music. Never lose faith in that. You might have to look a little harder, but it’s always going to be there.
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No one is you, and that is your power.
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You will only be great at things you love to do don’t pursue a career in something you hate to do.
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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.
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Your personal history is a part of what happens with your hands and your head as you play music.
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When something good comes your way, you better feel fortunate, because it doesn’t last forever.
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What’s the last thing a drummer says in a band? ‘Hey guys, why don’t we try one of my songs?’
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People are so into digital recording now they forgot how easy analog recording can be.
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The best time for gum is just before getting onstage. I need a minty-fresh microphone.
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I’ve experienced great things, I’ve experienced great tragedies. I’ve done almost everything I could possibly ever imagine doing, but I just know that there’s more.
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