Dave Grohl Quotes
Top 100 wise famous quotes and sayings by Dave Grohl
Dave Grohl Famous Quotes & Sayings
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When you're recording to tape, you usually just settle for what you have. There's not a lot of options to manipulate the performance.
I like the rock documentaries that make it seem real. Some rock documentaries are meant to make the bands look larger than life.
If you're trying to connect to people with music - it's more of an outward process and a lot of times musicians can be very inward.
How come drummers leave their drumsticks on the dashboard of their car? So they can park in the handicapped spaces.
I love Black Sabbath. They made an amazing contribution to music today. Almost every band that made it big in the Nineties owed a debt to them
There are times when I feel like I'm a traveling minister. I'm trying to go out and get kids to pick-up yard sale instruments and change the world.
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.
It's funny, there aren't too many musicians that also moonlight as studio engineers. There's a few - the really brilliant ones.
I had long hair since I was 17 years old. It was time for me to let go. I hated being the guy at the wedding in a suit with a ponytail.
What I really miss these days in music - is the music. I prefer to listen to melodies and songs, not just sounds.
A lot of people from my generation of music are so focused on playing things correctly or to perfection that they're stuck in that safe place.
It's nice when people are happy to hear that you're still alive, rather than feeling like "Oh, finally he's dead?"
I get confused between the rock and roll thing and my movie star thing ... We're f - -ing movie stars.
The Nirvana unplugged album was something we'd always knew we were capable of doing, but it was just a matter of doing it right.
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.
'Some Kind Of Monster' is such a nightmare for any musician to watch because you're watching a band be honest to each other. Not a good idea, man!
When it comes to making an album I take that very seriously. I am meticulous, overworked. That's my time to put everything under the microscope.
Usually, when you go in to make a record, you have 30 songs, and you record 30 of them, and 12 of them make it to the record.
It's funny; recently I've started to notice people's impersonations of me, and it's basically like a hyperactive child.
You look up to your heroes and you shouldn't be intimidated by them, you should be inspired by them.
People should never be afraid that Foo Fighters are ever going to break up, it's like your grandparents getting divorced - it's not gonna happen.
A musician should only sound like what they do, and no two musicians sound the same. It's an individual-feel thing, you know?
Sharing music is not a crime. It shouldn't be. There should be a deeper meaning to making music than just selling downloads.
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.
I love to play. And fortunately, I don't know a lot of musicians that suck. I know a bunch of really good ones, and they're always up for playing.
When you're recording to analog tape, it captures performance and you can't necessarily manipulate that in different ways. It is what it is.
When I sit down to interview people, I don't hold questions and I don't know the answers. They're more like conversations that become lessons.
With this record [The Colour and the Shape], I started taking the lyrics more seriously. This is a very personal album.
My first instrument was actually the trombone, but that didn't last long. Soon I was playing guitar in bands from the time I was 11 or 12.
Give me something to assemble, I won't look at the directions, I'll try to figure it out by myself. It's why I love Ikea furniture.
My mother was a public school teacher in Virginia, and we didn't have any money, we just survived on happiness, on being a happy family.
I had a Super Grover doll growing up. Super Grover was very clumsy, he wasn't very good-looking. But in his own way he'd always save the day.
Guilt is cancer. Guilt will confine you, torture you, destroy you as an artist. It's a black wall. It's a thief.
And later, if I ever felt that I was getting swept away by the craziness of being in a band, well, I'd go back to Virginia.
We only do what feels right. If something feels forced or contrived, then we pull back. We remain the Foo Fighters.
When I listen to the radio, I just hear so much music that doesn't even sound like people. The vocals are all tuned, and the drums are all fake.
Mick Fleetwood was one of my first interviews. And if you've ever talked to that dude, he's the sweetest guy in the world - he's just a trip.
There's poetry in being the band that can sell out Wembley but also makes a record in a garage. I don't like doing what people expect me to do.
I never needed much, and I never thought I'd get more than what I had. A trip to Burger King was the biggest thing in the world to me. Heaven.
The most important thing for me is my family, and my health and happiness, and making sure everyone's cool.
If I ever felt like I was getting lost in the hurricane that was storming around Nirvana, I'd just go back to Virginia.
I don't think of Kurt as 'Kurt Cobain from Nirvana'. I think of him as 'Kurt'. It's something that comes back all the time. Almost every day.
When Nirvana became popular, you could very easily slip and get lost during that storm. I fortunately had really heavy anchors - old friends, family.
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.
I'm not allergic to fashion. I'm just one of those people who when they put on a suit look like they're going to a funeral or to court.
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!'
When you're thirteen and listening to punk, the aggressive nature of music can sway you to the dark side.
Neil Young is my hero. You know what that guy has been doing for the past 40 years? Making music. That's what that guy does.
I never went to rock concerts when I was a kid. I didn't see any rock & roll bands. I had posters on my wall. I had Beatles records.
I hate the solo artist aspect of rock-'n'-roll. I don't have enough personality or charisma to be a solo star.