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.
DAVE GROHLThe best time for gum is just before getting onstage. I need a minty-fresh microphone.
More Dave Grohl Quotes
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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.
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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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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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I stopped doing drugs when I was 20. I was finished with drugs before Nirvana even started.
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Develop that individuality by working as hard as you can at what you love.
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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 think people should feel encouraged to be themselves.
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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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Nothing’s going to keep me from making music. If I were in the want-ads in the back of the paper or playing to six people at a coffee shop, I’d still love to make music.
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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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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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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 you play a Nickleback song backwards you’ll hear messages from the devil. Even worse, if you play it forwards you’ll hear Nickleback.
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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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People are so into digital recording now they forgot how easy analog recording can be.
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