All I really had was a suitcase and my drums. So I took them up to Seattle and hoped it would work.
DAVE GROHLBeing in Nirvana was amazing an experience that will never happen again for me. And I look on them as some of the best and worst times of my life.
More Dave Grohl Quotes
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It was supposed to be gross, and now it’s gorgeous.
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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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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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No one is you, and that is your power.
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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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If there’s one thing I’m good at, it’s gathering people together to do something fun.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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What we feel most comfortable doing is playing loud, screaming rock songs.
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You look up to your heroes and you shouldn’t be intimidated by them; you should be inspired by them.
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Through Kurt I saw the beauty of minimalism and the importance of music that’s stripped down.
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