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.
DAVE GROHLThat’s one of the great things about music. You can sing a song to 85,000 people and they’ll sing it back for 85,000 different reasons.
More Dave Grohl Quotes
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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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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 think people should feel encouraged to be themselves.
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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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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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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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When 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?
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The best time for gum is just before getting onstage. I need a minty-fresh microphone.
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It was supposed to be gross, and now it’s gorgeous.
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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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Through Kurt I saw the beauty of minimalism and the importance of music that’s stripped down.
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When something good comes your way, you better feel fortunate, because it doesn’t last forever.
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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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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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I was ready to quit music. It felt to me like music equalled death.
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People are so into digital recording now they forgot how easy analog recording can be.
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Always have the highest bar for yourself.
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Rock stars are like sports stars: If you snap your ankle, you’re done.
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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 think that if you’re passionate about something and you’re driven and you’re focused, then you can pretty much do anything that you want to do in life.
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Mom, thanks for letting me drop out of high school. Haha!
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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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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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The most important thing for me is my family, and my health and happiness, and making sure everyone’s cool.
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There’s a big difference between falling in love with someone and falling in love with someone and getting married. Usually, after you get married, you fall in love with the person even more.
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