Music Quotes by Dave Grohl

I love being a drummer but I love being a musician in general and I love the Foo fighters.

— Dave Grohl

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

— Dave Grohl

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

— Dave Grohl

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

— Dave Grohl

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

— 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

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

— Dave Grohl

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

I believe the history of American music is just as important as anything political because it's changed generations of people.

— Dave Grohl

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

— Dave Grohl

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

— Dave Grohl

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

— Dave Grohl

What I really miss these days in music - is the music. I prefer to listen to melodies and songs, not just…

— Dave Grohl

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

— Dave Grohl

Nickelback walks into a bar...there's no punchline because ruining music isn't funny.

— Dave Grohl

There's nothing I'd rather do than make music. It's the love of my life.

— Dave Grohl

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

— Dave Grohl

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

— Dave Grohl

Going out and playing music - that's what I do. I don't do much else.

— Dave Grohl

Through Kurt I saw the beauty of minimalism and the importance of music that's stripped down.

— Dave Grohl

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

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

— 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

I can understand how some people might resent me for having the audacity to continue playing music, but it'd take a lot…

— Dave Grohl

Never lose faith in real rock and roll music. Never lose faith in that. You might have to look a little harder,…

— Dave Grohl