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.
DAVE GROHLAt school where you a dunce or a teacher’s pet? All of the above. I was stupid so they thought I was cute.
More Dave Grohl Quotes
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What we feel most comfortable doing is playing loud, screaming rock songs.
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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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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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How do I stay humble? Because I’m the best at being humble.
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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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Everybody now thinks that Nashville is the coolest city in America.
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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 once received a cape that was made from the little purple bags that Crown Royal Whisky comes in.
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The human element of making music is what’s most important.
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The whole slacker generation totally didn’t apply to us musically.
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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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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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There’s always gonna be rock n’ roll bands, there’s always gonna be kids that love rock n’ roll records, and there will always be rock n’ roll.
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I taught myself how to play the guitar, I taught myself how to play the drums, and I kind of fake doing both of them. But drumming comes more natural to me, and it just feels better.
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I listen to boy band music before I have to fire someone.
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If you play a Nickleback song backwards you’ll hear messages from the devil. Even worse, if you play it forwards you’ll hear Nickleback.
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If it weren’t for the Beatles, I would not be a musician.
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Rock stars are like sports stars: If you snap your ankle, you’re done.
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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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I stopped doing drugs when I was 20. I was finished with drugs before Nirvana even started.
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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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When Nirvana became popular, you could very easily slip and get lost during that storm. I fortunately had really heavy anchors – old friends, family.
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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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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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I was ready to quit music. It felt to me like music equalled death.
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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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