All I really had was a suitcase and my drums. So I took them up to Seattle and hoped it would work.
DAVE GROHLWhen Nirvana became popular, you could very easily slip and get lost during that storm. I fortunately had really heavy anchors – old friends, family.
More Dave Grohl Quotes
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The human element of making music is what’s most important.
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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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We only do what feels right. If something feels forced or contrived, then we pull back. We remain the Foo Fighters.
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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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Wow, I get to wake up again? Ok. You have to make good with what you’ve got.
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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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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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If it weren’t for the Beatles, I would not be a musician.
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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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What we feel most comfortable doing is playing loud, screaming rock songs.
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Everybody now thinks that Nashville is the coolest city in America.
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Singing into a microphone and learning to play an instrument and learning to do your craft, that’s the most important thing for people to do.
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Be someone’s light when they are hopeless.
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There’s something about heartbreak that makes for great music, but the same could be said for Jägermeister. Hangovers make for great music, too.
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How do I stay humble? Because I’m the best at being humble.
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