You look up to your heroes and you shouldn’t be intimidated by them; you should be inspired by them.
DAVE GROHLThe best time for gum is just before getting onstage. I need a minty-fresh microphone.
More Dave Grohl Quotes
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I had never been in charge of anything. I’d always worked for someone. I worked for a furniture warehouse. I did masonry. I always had a boss yelling at me. So I’d never been in charge of an organization.
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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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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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No one is you, and that is your power.
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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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Singing into a microphone and learning to play an instrument and learning to do your craft, that’s the most important thing for people to do.
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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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I was ready to quit music. It felt to me like music equalled death.
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There’s some things in life that you really consider to be priceless.
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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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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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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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Your personal history is a part of what happens with your hands and your head as you play music.
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Everybody now thinks that Nashville is the coolest city in America.
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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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