What we feel most comfortable doing is playing loud, screaming rock songs. — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
Your personal history is a part of what happens with your hands and your head as you play music. — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
No, there's something about the sing-song cadence of children's music that has its place in rock. — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
It's terrifying to play your favorite band's song in front of your favorite band. — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
Usually, when you go in to make a record, you have 30 songs, and you record 30 of them, and 12 of… — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
Music will never go away, and I will never stop making music; it's just what capacity or what arena you decide to… — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
I think musicians like me are drawn to those older desks, not just because they're legend and lore but also because they… — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
There's something about heartbreak that makes for great music, but the same could be said for Jägermeister. Hangovers make for great music,… — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
Usually, when Nirvana made music, there wasn't a lot of conversation. We wanted everything to be surreal. We didn't want to have… — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
When I joined Nirvana, I was the fifth or sixth drummer - I don't know if they'd ever had a drummer they… — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
It's funny, there aren't too many musicians that also moonlight as studio engineers. There's a few - the really brilliant ones. — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
I know a lot of people who wouldn't be comfortable with everything that comes with being in a band as big as… — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
A long time ago, I made a promise to myself: "Okay, you know what? I'm going to play music, and hopefully I'll… — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
There's a band in a garage right now writing songs for an album that will do the same thing 'Nevermind' did some… — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
I've always been a fan of melody and emotional melancholy, whether it was Rites of Spring or Tears for Fears or Neil… — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
The fact that I'm virtually deaf. Any woman who's going to date a rock musician has to be prepared to repeat herself… — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
Someone curating songs for you through your computer or being able to hold 10,000 songs on your watch - that convenience is… — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
Most people don't take some things into consideration. When they hear an album, they hear the artist or they hear the lyric… — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
Neil Young is my hero, and such a great example. You know what that guy has been doing for the past 40… — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
After 10 years, I have been touring for 20, playing basically the same type of music, a four-piece or three-piece type of… — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
Being in Nirvana was amazing an experience that will never happen again for me. And I look on them as some of… — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
When you're thirteen and listening to punk, the aggressive nature of music can sway you to the dark side. — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
I love being a drummer but I love being a musician in general and I love the Foo fighters. — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
Through Kurt I saw the beauty of minimalism and the importance of music that's stripped down. — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
There's nothing I'd rather do than make music. It's the love of my life. — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
Most of our songs were written on acoustic guitar before they made it to the practice stage. — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
Nickelback walks into a bar...there's no punchline because ruining music isn't funny. — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
What I really miss these days in music - is the music. I prefer to listen to melodies and songs, not just… — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
When I listen to the radio, I just hear so much music that doesn't even sound like people. The vocals are all… — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
A musician should only sound like what they do, and no two musicians sound the same. It's an individual-feel thing, you know? — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
I believe the history of American music is just as important as anything political because it's changed generations of people. — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
I think my biggest musical hero growing up was probably Ian MacKaye. He set a great example for all of us local… — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
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… — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
There's nothing better than having a bottle of beer in your hand in the waves. — Dave Grohl Copy Share
I love Black Sabbath. They made an amazing contribution to music today. Almost every band that made it big in the Nineties owed a… — Dave Grohl Copy Share
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… — Dave Grohl Copy Share
I don't want to say that most rock bands live these formulaic biography existences - but they kinda do. There's always a divorce. There's… — Dave Grohl Copy Share
I think musicians like me are drawn to those older desks, not just because they're legend and lore but also because they do something… — Dave Grohl Copy Share
CBGB represents a lot to New York City and to underground rock and to new wave and post-punk and whatever. But, you know, it's… — Dave Grohl Copy Share
Ramones or AC/DC are two bands that have managed to keep their signature sound and their signature formula for years and years and album… — Dave Grohl Copy Share
I think maybe what happened was the convenience of technology overshadowed the experience of holding an album in your hands, and sitting on your… — Dave Grohl Copy Share
I 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… — Dave Grohl Copy Share
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. — Dave Grohl Copy Share
I guess it was exciting that every time I pulled up to the gate of my house, I wondered if someone was going to… — Dave Grohl Copy Share
To me the most important thing is getting into a studio and making an album that is 12 or 14 amazing songs, getting up… — Dave Grohl Copy Share
I mean, I never liked being told what to do. It's one of the reasons I dropped out of school. — Dave Grohl Copy Share
