What we feel most comfortable doing is playing loud, screaming rock songs.
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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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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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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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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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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It’s funny, there aren’t too many musicians that also moonlight as studio engineers. There’s a few – the really brilliant ones.
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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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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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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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Be someone’s light when they are hopeless.
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At school where you a dunce or a teacher’s pet? All of the above. I was stupid so they thought I was cute.
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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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You look up to your heroes and you shouldn’t be intimidated by them; you should be inspired by them.
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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.
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Develop that individuality by working as hard as you can at what you love.
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Everybody now thinks that Nashville is the coolest city in America.
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