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 you’re young, you’re not afraid of what comes next. You’re excited by it.
More Dave Grohl Quotes
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From one generation to the next, The Beatles will remain the most important rock band of all time.
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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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I was ready to quit music. It felt to me like music equalled death.
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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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The most important thing for me is my family, and my health and happiness, and making sure everyone’s cool.
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The whole slacker generation totally didn’t apply to us musically.
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I had never been in charge of anything. I’d always worked for someone. I worked for a furniture warehouse. I did masonry. I always had a boss yelling at me. So I’d never been in charge of an organization.
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When Nirvana became popular, you could very easily slip and get lost during that storm. I fortunately had really heavy anchors – old friends, family.
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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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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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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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How do I stay humble? Because I’m the best at being humble.
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When I joined Nirvana, I was the fifth or sixth drummer – I don’t know if they’d ever had a drummer they were totally happy with. And they were strangers. There was never much of a deeper connection outside of the music.
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Music will never go away, and I will never stop making music; it’s just what capacity or what arena you decide to do it.
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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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