When Nirvana became popular, you could very easily slip and get lost during that storm. I fortunately had really heavy anchors – old friends, family.
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.
DAVE GROHLWhen you’re young, you’re not afraid of what comes next. You’re excited by it.
DAVE GROHLBecause 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 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.
DAVE GROHLI 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.
DAVE GROHLAs 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.
DAVE GROHLWe only do what feels right. If something feels forced or contrived, then we pull back. We remain the Foo Fighters.
DAVE GROHLThere’s something about heartbreak that makes for great music, but the same could be said for Jägermeister. Hangovers make for great music, too.
DAVE GROHLIf you play a Nickleback song backwards you’ll hear messages from the devil. Even worse, if you play it forwards you’ll hear Nickleback.
DAVE GROHLWhen there’s so much left to do, why spend your time focusing on things you’ve already done, counting trophies or telling stories about the good old days?
DAVE GROHLSinging 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.
DAVE GROHLI listen to boy band music before I have to fire someone.
DAVE GROHLThere’s nothing I’d rather do than make music. It’s the love of my life.
DAVE GROHLI stopped doing drugs when I was 20. I was finished with drugs before Nirvana even started.
DAVE GROHLPeople are so into digital recording now they forgot how easy analog recording can be.
DAVE GROHLYour personal history is a part of what happens with your hands and your head as you play music.
DAVE GROHL