The whole slacker generation totally didn’t apply to us musically.
DAVE GROHLI 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.
More Dave Grohl Quotes
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I listen to boy band music before I have to fire someone.
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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 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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I love to play music. So why endanger that with something like drugs?
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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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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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I’ve experienced great things, I’ve experienced great tragedies. I’ve done almost everything I could possibly ever imagine doing, but I just know that there’s more.
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Develop that individuality by working as hard as you can at what you love.
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Rock stars are like sports stars: If you snap your ankle, you’re done.
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Everybody now thinks that Nashville is the coolest city in America.
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People are so into digital recording now they forgot how easy analog recording can be.
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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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There’s nothing better than having a bottle of beer in your hand in the waves.
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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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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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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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It was supposed to be gross, and now it’s gorgeous.
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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 think people should feel encouraged to be themselves.
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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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If it weren’t for the Beatles, I would not be a musician.
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What we feel most comfortable doing is playing loud, screaming rock songs.
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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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Your personal history is a part of what happens with your hands and your head as you play music.
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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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Guilt is cancer. Guilt will confine you, torture you, destroy you as an artist. It’s a black wall. It’s a thief.
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