Don’t look at the poster on your wall and think ‘I could never do that.’ Look at the poster on your wall and think ‘I’m gonna do that!’
DAVE GROHLWhen 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.
More Dave Grohl Quotes
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Mom, thanks for letting me drop out of high school. Haha!
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I listen to boy band music before I have to fire someone.
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I think I’m scared a lot. I’m scared of almost everything. And I’m constantly trying to work my way through each obstacle, whether it’s a present, past, or future relationship.
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If it weren’t for the Beatles, I would not be a musician.
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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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How do I stay humble? Because I’m the best at being humble.
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There’s nothing better than having a bottle of beer in your hand in the waves.
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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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When I listen to music these days, and I hear Pro Tools and drums that sound like a machine – it kinda sucks the life out of music.
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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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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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It’s funny, there aren’t too many musicians that also moonlight as studio engineers. There’s a few – the really brilliant ones.
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I stopped doing drugs when I was 20. I was finished with drugs before Nirvana even started.
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Guilt is cancer. Guilt will confine you, torture you, destroy you as an artist. It’s a black wall. It’s a thief.
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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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