Because you have things like ‘American Idol’ and you’ve got radio stations that play music made entirely by computers, it’s easy to forget there are bands with actual people playing actual instruments that rock.
DAVE GROHLWhen 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.
More Dave Grohl Quotes
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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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The best time for gum is just before getting onstage. I need a minty-fresh microphone.
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Always have the highest bar for yourself.
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Being in Nirvana was amazing an experience that will never happen again for me. And I look on them as some of the best and worst times of my life.
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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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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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Mom, thanks for letting me drop out of high school. Haha!
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No one is you, and that is your power.
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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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In 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.
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I was ready to quit music. It felt to me like music equalled death.
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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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If it weren’t for the Beatles, I would not be a musician.
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At school where you a dunce or a teacher’s pet? All of the above. I was stupid so they thought I was cute.
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