Your personal history is a part of what happens with your hands and your head as you play music.
DAVE GROHLTo 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.
More Dave Grohl Quotes
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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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How come drummers leave their drumsticks on the dashboard of their car? So they can park in the handicapped spaces.
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Always have the highest bar for yourself.
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Being 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.
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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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There’s some things in life that you really consider to be priceless.
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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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The whole slacker generation totally didn’t apply to us musically.
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There’s nothing better than having a bottle of beer in your hand in the waves.
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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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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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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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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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Through Kurt I saw the beauty of minimalism and the importance of music that’s stripped down.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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When something good comes your way, you better feel fortunate, because it doesn’t last forever.
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Develop that individuality by working as hard as you can at what you love.
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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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What we feel most comfortable doing is playing loud, screaming rock songs.
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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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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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