Through Kurt I saw the beauty of minimalism and the importance of music that’s stripped down.
DAVE GROHLThrough Kurt I saw the beauty of minimalism and the importance of music that’s stripped down.
DAVE GROHLYou look up to your heroes and you shouldn’t be intimidated by them; you should be inspired by them.
DAVE GROHLThere’s nothing better than having a bottle of beer in your hand in the waves.
DAVE GROHLWe only do what feels right. If something feels forced or contrived, then we pull back. We remain the Foo Fighters.
DAVE GROHLIt’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.
DAVE GROHLWhat we feel most comfortable doing is playing loud, screaming rock songs.
DAVE GROHLAt school where you a dunce or a teacher’s pet? All of the above. I was stupid so they thought I was cute.
DAVE GROHLBe someone’s light when they are hopeless.
DAVE GROHLI love to play music. So why endanger that with something like drugs?
DAVE GROHLIn this day and age, when you can use a machine or computer to simulate or emulate what people can do together, it still can’t replace the magic of four people in a room playing.
DAVE GROHLRock stars are like sports stars: If you snap your ankle, you’re done.
DAVE GROHLI’m a skinny, geeky, high school dropout – it works, kids! Sensitive guys always get the girl. You’ll get laid 10 times as much as that guy on the football team ’cause he’s on steroids and he’s gonna get fat.
DAVE GROHLThe human element of making music is what’s most important.
DAVE GROHLThere’s a big difference between falling in love with someone and falling in love with someone and getting married. Usually, after you get married, you fall in love with the person even more.
DAVE GROHLTo 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.
DAVE GROHLAll I really had was a suitcase and my drums. So I took them up to Seattle and hoped it would work.
DAVE GROHL