Dave Grohl

Develop that individuality by working as hard as you can at what you love.

— Dave Grohl

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

— Dave Grohl

Everybody now thinks that Nashville is the coolest city in America,

— Dave Grohl

One of the great things about Taylor Hawkins is his…shirtless body, really.

— Dave Grohl

I think people should feel encouraged to be themselves.

— Dave Grohl

“I had no idea what I was doing and I faked it and it worked”

— Dave Grohl

I was ready to quit music. It felt to me like music equalled death.

— Dave Grohl

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

— Dave Grohl

I never went to rock concerts when I was a kid. I didn't see any rock & roll bands. I had posters…

— Dave Grohl

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

— Dave Grohl

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

— Dave Grohl

I never went to rock concerts when I was a kid. I didn't see any rock & roll bands.

— Dave Grohl

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

— Dave Grohl

When you're recording to analog tape, it captures performance and you can't necessarily manipulate that in different ways. It is what it…

— Dave Grohl

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

— Dave Grohl

There's always gonna be rock n' roll bands, there's always gonna be kids that love rock n' roll records, and there will…

— Dave Grohl

It's tough to go to sleep at night, and I wake up after five hours because I feel like I'm wasting time.…

— Dave Grohl

I'm not like a voracious hoarder who has 50,000 albums of vinyl stacked in a storage space in the San Fernando Valley.…

— Dave Grohl

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

Always have the highest bar for yourself. Wake up everyday and no matter how crappy you feel, want to change something for…

— Dave Grohl

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

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

When digital technology started becoming the norm, you've got 50, 60, 70 years of recordings on tapes that are just deteriorating. Like,…

— Dave Grohl

Different boards do different things to the sound that's coming through them. An old Neve desk does embellish it in a way…

— Dave Grohl

I'm happy that I have my family, and I'm happy that I had Virginia, where I grew up, to retreat to any…

— Dave Grohl

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

— Dave Grohl

The late '60s and the '70s, a lot of this really beautiful equipment was being made and installed into studios around the…

— Dave Grohl

To women, drummers seem like these adorable, sexy Neanderthals, and lead singers seem mysterious and dangerous. So while the lead singers all…

— Dave Grohl

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

— Dave Grohl

The word ‘grunge’ became a household term, and fashion runways were filled with flannel shirts and long underwear. Oh, how we laughed……

— Dave Grohl

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

— Dave Grohl

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

— Dave Grohl

Chicago gave me more music than any other city in America.

— Dave Grohl

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

— Dave Grohl

No one is you, and that is your power.

— Dave Grohl

I love to play music. So why endanger that with something like drugs?

— Dave Grohl

Mom, thanks for letting me drop out of high school. Haha!

— Dave Grohl

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

— Dave Grohl

Who's to say what's a good voice and not a good voice?

— Dave Grohl

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

— Dave Grohl