The human element of making music is what’s most important.
DAVE GROHLThe human element of making music is what’s most important.
DAVE GROHLWhen 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 GROHLThere’s a big difference between falling in love with someone and falling in love with someone and getting married. Usually, after you get married, you fall in love with the person even more.
DAVE GROHLBecause 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.
DAVE GROHLI was ready to quit music. It felt to me like music equalled death.
DAVE GROHLI once received a cape that was made from the little purple bags that Crown Royal Whisky comes in.
DAVE GROHLWhen 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?
DAVE GROHLEverybody now thinks that Nashville is the coolest city in America.
DAVE GROHLIt’s funny, there aren’t too many musicians that also moonlight as studio engineers. There’s a few – the really brilliant ones.
DAVE GROHLThere’s something about heartbreak that makes for great music, but the same could be said for Jägermeister. Hangovers make for great music, too.
DAVE GROHLBe someone’s light when they are hopeless.
DAVE GROHLGuilt is cancer. Guilt will confine you, torture you, destroy you as an artist. It’s a black wall. It’s a thief.
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 GROHLI think people should feel encouraged to be themselves.
DAVE GROHLFrom one generation to the next, The Beatles will remain the most important rock band of all time.
DAVE GROHLRock stars are like sports stars: If you snap your ankle, you’re done.
DAVE GROHL