The Nirvana unplugged album was something we'd always knew we were capable of doing, but it was just a matter of doing… — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
To me the most important thing is getting into a studio and making an album that is 12 or 14 amazing songs,… — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
Joining a band without ever having really met the people before, you just want to be musically powerful. — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
If you play a Nickleback song backwards you'll hear messages from the devil. Even worse, if you play it forwards you'll hear… — 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
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
We only do what feels right. If something feels forced or contrived, then we pull back. We remain the Foo Fighters. — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
At 13 years old, I realized I could start my own band. I could write my own song, I could record my… — 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
You know, Nirvana used to start rehearsals with the three of us just jamming. For, like, a half an hour, just noise… — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
It's a weird thing when you make records. You try to hear it before you make it, so you walk into the… — 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
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
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
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 Copy Share Image
I taught myself how to play the guitar, I taught myself how to play the drums, and I kind of fake doing… — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
How come drummers leave their drumsticks on the dashboard of their car? So they can park in the handicapped spaces. — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
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 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
When you're sequencing a record, you want the listener to stick with it from beginning to end, and in order to do… — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
When Nirvana became popular, you could very easily slip and get lost during that storm. I fortunately had really heavy anchors -… — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
With this record [The Colour and the Shape], I started taking the lyrics more seriously. This is a very personal album. — 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
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 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
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