When I joined Nirvana, I was the fifth or sixth drummer – I don’t know if they’d ever had a drummer they were totally happy with. And they were strangers. There was never much of a deeper connection outside of the music.
DAVE GROHLWhat’s the last thing a drummer says in a band? ‘Hey guys, why don’t we try one of my songs?’
More Dave Grohl Quotes
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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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The whole slacker generation totally didn’t apply to us musically.
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No one is you, and that is your power.
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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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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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Don’t look at the poster on your wall and think ‘I could never do that.’ Look at the poster on your wall and think ‘I’m gonna do that!’
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If there’s one thing I’m good at, it’s gathering people together to do something fun.
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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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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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I stopped doing drugs when I was 20. I was finished with drugs before Nirvana even started.
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Mom, thanks for letting me drop out of high school. Haha!
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How do I stay humble? Because I’m the best at being humble.
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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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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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Always have the highest bar for yourself.
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