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.
DAVE GROHLThe whole slacker generation totally didn’t apply to us musically.
More Dave Grohl Quotes
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How do I stay humble? Because I’m the best at being humble.
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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 listen to boy band music before I have to fire someone.
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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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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 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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Because you have things like ‘American Idol’ and you’ve got radio stations that play music made entirely by computers, it’s easy to forget there are bands with actual people playing actual instruments that rock.
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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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Through Kurt I saw the beauty of minimalism and the importance of music that’s stripped down.
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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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It was supposed to be gross, and now it’s gorgeous.
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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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I 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.
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I was ready to quit music. It felt to me like music equalled death.
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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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