Dave Grohl

I think people should feel encouraged to be themselves.

— Dave Grohl

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

— 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

How do I stay humble? Because I'm the best at being humble.

— Dave Grohl

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

— Dave Grohl

My songwriting is like extending a hand to the listener.

— Dave Grohl

It's funny; recently I've started to notice people's impersonations of me, and it's basically like a hyperactive child.

— Dave Grohl

Guilt is cancer. Guilt will confine you, torture you, destroy you as an artist. It's a black wall. It's a thief.

— Dave Grohl

All I really had was a suitcase and my drums. So I took them up to Seattle and hoped it would work.

— Dave Grohl

A lot of people from my generation of music are so focused on playing things correctly or to perfection that they're stuck…

— Dave Grohl

The most important thing for me is my family, and my health and happiness, and making sure everyone's cool.

— Dave Grohl

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

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

— 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

The most important thing is that you honor that musical integrity, whether you make music that sounds like ABBA or you make…

— Dave Grohl

There's a big difference between falling in love with someone and falling in love with someone and getting married. Usually, after you…

— 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

A lot of people are promoting records that are just throw-it-agains t-the-wall-see- if-it-sticks meaningless bullshit. Everybody has the responsibility to do the…

— Dave Grohl

CBGB represents a lot to New York City and to underground rock and to new wave and post-punk and whatever. But, you…

— Dave Grohl

I think my biggest musical hero growing up was probably Ian MacKaye. He set a great example for all of us local…

— Dave Grohl

Someone curating songs for you through your computer or being able to hold 10,000 songs on your watch - that convenience is…

— Dave Grohl

Just the other day someone threw a bra duct-taped to a tennis ball. I just stood there, playing guitar, thinking how this…

— 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

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

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

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

— 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

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

— Dave Grohl

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

— Dave Grohl

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

— Dave Grohl

No one is you, and that is your power.

— 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

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

Dude, maybe not everyone loves 'Glee.' Me included. I watched 10 minutes and it wasn't my thing.

— Dave Grohl