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Song Quotes by Dave Grohl

70 Song quotes by Dave Grohl

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A love for Black Sabbath shows how early bands inspire later musicians, and Grohl says he’d keep making music even in tiny coffee shops. He notes that the Beatles helped shape his path, while also praising the raw energy of hardcore punk and loud, screaming rock shows. He values studio work that creates a dozen amazing songs.

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If it weren't for the Beatles, I would not be a musician.

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No, there's something about the sing-song cadence of children's music that has its place in rock.

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Your personal history is a part of what happens with your hands and your head as you play music.

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What we feel most comfortable doing is playing loud, screaming rock songs.

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I'd love it if everyone knew one Foo Fighters song.

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My songwriting is like extending a hand to the listener.

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It's terrifying to play your favorite band's song in front of your favorite band.

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What's the last thing a drummer says in a band: Hey guys, why don't we try one of my songs?

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With this record [The Colour and the Shape], I started taking the lyrics more seriously. This is a very personal album.

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You know why Foo Fighters have been a band for 20 years? Because I've never really told anybody what I think of…

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Usually, when Nirvana made music, there wasn't a lot of conversation. We wanted everything to be surreal. We didn't want to have…

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Usually, when you go in to make a record, you have 30 songs, and you record 30 of them, and 12 of…

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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…

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When Nirvana became popular, you could very easily slip and get lost during that storm. I fortunately had really heavy anchors -…

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When you're sequencing a record, you want the listener to stick with it from beginning to end, and in order to do…

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I don't think of Kurt as 'Kurt Cobain from Nirvana'. I think of him as 'Kurt'. It's something that comes back all…

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I've always been a fan of melody and emotional melancholy, whether it was Rites of Spring or Tears for Fears or Neil…

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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…

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I know a lot of people who wouldn't be comfortable with everything that comes with being in a band as big as…

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There's a reason why the Foo Fighters don't blast out Nirvana songs every night: because we have a lot of respect for…

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There's a band in a garage right now writing songs for an album that will do the same thing 'Nevermind' did some…

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You know, Nirvana used to start rehearsals with the three of us just jamming. For, like, a half an hour, just noise…

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It's a weird thing when you make records. You try to hear it before you make it, so you walk into the…

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At 13 years old, I realized I could start my own band. I could write my own song, I could record my…

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Being in Nirvana was amazing an experience that will never happen again for me. And I look on them as some of…

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I always loved writing songs - writing for myself and demo-ing songs, really with no intention of ever letting anyone else hear…

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When I was a teenager, working towards dropping out of high school to starting to tour with bands, I'd drive around in…

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I'm obsessed with Led Zeppelin and have been since I was a teenager

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“Heavy Metal would not exist without Led Zeppelin, and if it did, it would suck.”

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The human element of making music is what's most important.

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Most of our songs were written on acoustic guitar before they made it to the practice stage.

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I listen to boy band music before I have to fire someone.

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From one generation to the next, The Beatles will remain the most important rock band of all time.

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When it comes to making an album I take that very seriously. I am meticulous, overworked. That's my time to put everything…

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I don't want to say that most rock bands live these formulaic biography existences - but they kinda do. There's always a…

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It was that famous joke: What's the last thing the drummer said before he got kicked out of the band? 'Hey, I…

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I taught myself how to play the guitar, I taught myself how to play the drums, and I kind of fake doing…

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How come drummers leave their drumsticks on the dashboard of their car? So they can park in the handicapped spaces.

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It's not until recently that I could even imagine myself as an adult. But these kids today, they look at me like…

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When you're thirteen and listening to punk, the aggressive nature of music can sway you to the dark side.

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There's nothing better than having a bottle of beer in your hand in the waves.

I love Black Sabbath. They made an amazing contribution to music today. Almost every band that made it big in the Nineties owed a…

Rock stars are like sports stars: If you snap your ankle, you're done.

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

I think maybe what happened was the convenience of technology overshadowed the experience of holding an album in your hands, and sitting on your…

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…

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 guess it was exciting that every time I pulled up to the gate of my house, I wondered if someone was going to…

If it weren't for the Beatles, I would not be a musician.

To me the most important thing is getting into a studio and making an album that is 12 or 14 amazing songs, getting up…

I mean, I never liked being told what to do. It's one of the reasons I dropped out of school.