Band Quotes by Dave Grohl

Joining a band without ever having really met the people before, you just want to be musically powerful.

— Dave Grohl

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

— Dave Grohl

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

— Dave Grohl

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

— Dave Grohl

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

— Dave Grohl

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

— Dave Grohl

'Some Kind Of Monster' is such a nightmare for any musician to watch because you're watching a band be honest to each…

— Dave Grohl

We're in this band, the Foo Fighters, making music for the love of music. We all came from bands that had disbanded,…

— Dave Grohl

Ramones or AC/DC are two bands that have managed to keep their signature sound and their signature formula for years and years…

— Dave Grohl

Because you have things like 'American Idol' and you've got radio stations that play music made entirely by computers, it's easy to…

— Dave Grohl

I like the rock documentaries that make it seem real. Some rock documentaries are meant to make the bands look larger than…

— Dave Grohl

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

— Dave Grohl

And later, if I ever felt that I was getting swept away by the craziness of being in a band, well, I'd…

— Dave Grohl

I'm kind of claustrophobic... It's not even like enclosed spaces. It's like I hate being stuck in one band, you know? Just…

— Dave Grohl

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

— Dave Grohl

The thing that will never go away is that connection you make with a band or a song where you're moved by…

— Dave Grohl

It's important to me that people feel connected to the band through the music, you know? I don't want it to be…

— Dave Grohl

It’s every band’s right, you shouldn’t have to do f___ing Glee. And then the guy who created Glee is so offended that…

— Dave Grohl

CBGB was a wild place, ... The first time I ever played there was in 1987, I think, with my hardcore band,…

— Dave Grohl

I think maybe people see bands and musicians as some sort of superhero unrealistic sport that happens in another dimension where it's…

— 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

Every band should study Queen at Live Aid. If you really feel like that barrier is gone, you become Freddie Mercury. I…

— Dave Grohl

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

— 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

My first instrument was actually the trombone, but that didn't last long. Soon I was playing guitar in bands from the time…

— Dave Grohl

In a way, as much as we love to be a big, loud rock band, the acoustic album was a lot easier…

— Dave Grohl

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

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

— 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

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

— Dave Grohl

There's poetry in being the band that can sell out Wembley but also makes a record in a garage. I don't like…

— Dave Grohl

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

— Dave Grohl

Once I got into punk rock, I started mail-ordering albums, because a lot of the record stores in my area didn't carry…

— Dave Grohl

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

— Dave Grohl