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 GROHLThrough Kurt I saw the beauty of minimalism and the importance of music that’s stripped down.
More Dave Grohl Quotes
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I think people should feel encouraged to be themselves.
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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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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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There’s something about heartbreak that makes for great music, but the same could be said for Jägermeister. Hangovers make for great music, too.
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You will only be great at things you love to do don’t pursue a career in something you hate to do.
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Mom, thanks for letting me drop out of high school. Haha!
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We only do what feels right. If something feels forced or contrived, then we pull back. We remain the Foo Fighters.
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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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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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I stopped doing drugs when I was 20. I was finished with drugs before Nirvana even started.
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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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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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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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When you’re young, you’re not afraid of what comes next. You’re excited by it.
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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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