The whole slacker generation totally didn’t apply to us musically.
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.
More Dave Grohl Quotes
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Mom, thanks for letting me drop out of high school. Haha!
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I was ready to quit music. It felt to me like music equalled death.
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There’s some things in life that you really consider to be priceless.
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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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From one generation to the next, The Beatles will remain the most important rock band of all time.
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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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When I listen to music these days, and I hear Pro Tools and drums that sound like a machine – it kinda sucks the life out of music.
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Everybody now thinks that Nashville is the coolest city in America.
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That’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.
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Rock stars are like sports stars: If you snap your ankle, you’re done.
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I think I’m scared a lot. I’m scared of almost everything. And I’m constantly trying to work my way through each obstacle, whether it’s a present, past, or future relationship.
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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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Through Kurt I saw the beauty of minimalism and the importance of music that’s stripped down.
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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 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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