At school where you a dunce or a teacher’s pet? All of the above. I was stupid so they thought I was cute.
DAVE GROHLThere’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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I stopped doing drugs when I was 20. I was finished with drugs before Nirvana even started.
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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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All I really had was a suitcase and my drums. So I took them up to Seattle and hoped it would work.
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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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Wow, I get to wake up again? Ok. You have to make good with what you’ve got.
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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 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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The most important thing for me is my family, and my health and happiness, and making sure everyone’s cool.
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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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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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When you’re young, you’re not afraid of what comes next. You’re excited by it.
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You look up to your heroes and you shouldn’t be intimidated by them; you should be inspired by them.
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Everybody now thinks that Nashville is the coolest city in America.
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If it weren’t for the Beatles, I would not be a musician.
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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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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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It was supposed to be gross, and now it’s gorgeous.
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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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In this day and age, when you can use a machine or computer to simulate or emulate what people can do together, it still can’t replace the magic of four people in a room playing.
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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 love to play music. So why endanger that with something like drugs?
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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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Be someone’s light when they are hopeless.
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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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