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.
DAVE GROHLWhen you’re young, you’re not afraid of what comes next. You’re excited by it.
More Dave Grohl Quotes
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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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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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It was supposed to be gross, and now it’s gorgeous.
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I’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.
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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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The best time for gum is just before getting onstage. I need a minty-fresh microphone.
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How do I stay humble? Because I’m the best at being humble.
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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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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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Always have the highest bar for yourself.
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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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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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The human element of making music is what’s most important.
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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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There’s some things in life that you really consider to be priceless.
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