When 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.
DAVE GROHLNo one is you, and that is your power.
More Dave Grohl Quotes
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It was supposed to be gross, and now it’s gorgeous.
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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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I was ready to quit music. It felt to me like music equalled death.
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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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No one is you, and that is your power.
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The human element of making music is what’s most important.
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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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If there’s one thing I’m good at, it’s gathering people together to do something fun.
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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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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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If it weren’t for the Beatles, I would not be a musician.
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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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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 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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The most important thing for me is my family, and my health and happiness, and making sure everyone’s cool.
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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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I stopped doing drugs when I was 20. I was finished with drugs before Nirvana even started.
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Rock stars are like sports stars: If you snap your ankle, you’re done.
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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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Be someone’s light when they are hopeless.
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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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I once received a cape that was made from the little purple bags that Crown Royal Whisky comes in.
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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.
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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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Wow, I get to wake up again? Ok. You have to make good with what you’ve got.
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