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.
DAVE GROHLNothing’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.
DAVE GROHLWhen you’re young, you’re not afraid of what comes next. You’re excited by it.
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.
DAVE GROHLWhen Nirvana became popular, you could very easily slip and get lost during that storm. I fortunately had really heavy anchors – old friends, family.
DAVE GROHLThe best time for gum is just before getting onstage. I need a minty-fresh microphone.
DAVE GROHLMom, thanks for letting me drop out of high school. Haha!
DAVE GROHLThere’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.
DAVE GROHLI believe the history of American music is just as important as anything political because it’s changed generations of people.
DAVE GROHLI’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.
DAVE GROHLI 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.
DAVE GROHLIf it weren’t for the Beatles, I would not be a musician.
DAVE GROHLWhat we feel most comfortable doing is playing loud, screaming rock songs.
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.
DAVE GROHLSinging 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.
DAVE GROHLI 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 GROHLAs 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.
DAVE GROHL