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.
DAVE GROHLI 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.
More Dave Grohl Quotes
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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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No one is you, and that is your power.
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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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If it weren’t for the Beatles, I would not be a musician.
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To me the most important thing is getting into a studio and making an album that is 12 or 14 amazing songs, getting up onstage, and making people happy by livening the rock.
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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!’
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I taught myself how to play the guitar, I taught myself how to play the drums, and I kind of fake doing both of them. But drumming comes more natural to me, and it just feels better.
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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 believe the history of American music is just as important as anything political because it’s changed generations of people.
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Everybody now thinks that Nashville is the coolest city in America.
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All I really had was a suitcase and my drums. So I took them up to Seattle and hoped it would work.
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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 come drummers leave their drumsticks on the dashboard of their car? So they can park in the handicapped spaces.
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How do I stay humble? Because I’m the best at being humble.
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When there’s so much left to do, why spend your time focusing on things you’ve already done, counting trophies or telling stories about the good old days?
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