I'm not into albums that are meant to sound perfect. Dave Grohl More Quotes by Dave Grohl More Quotes From Dave Grohl I taught myself how to play the guitar, I taught myself how to play the drums, and I kind of fake doing both of them. But drumming comes more natural to me, and it just feels better. Dave Grohl guitarfeel-betterplay There's nothing I'd rather do than make music. It's the love of my life. Dave Grohl love-of-my-life When I joined Nirvana, I was the fifth or sixth drummer - I don't know if they'd ever had a drummer they were totally happy with. And they were strangers. There was never much of a deeper connection outside of the music. Dave Grohl connectionsdrummerstranger I owe everything to Nirvana. But I can't let that overshadow the future. For the first few years, I didn't even want to talk about Nirvana. Partly because it was just painful to talk about losing Kurt but also because I wanted the Foo Fighters to mean something. Dave Grohl wantmeanyears At school where you a dunce or a teacher's pet? All of the above. I was stupid so they thought I was cute. Dave Grohl stupidcuteteacher At 13 years old, I realized I could start my own band. I could write my own song, I could record my own record. I could start my own label. I could release my own record. I could book my own shows. I could write and publish my own fanzine. I could silk-screen my own T-shirt. I could do this all myself. Dave Grohl writingsongbook Being in Nirvana was amazing an experience that will never happen again for me. And I look on them as some of the best and worst times of my life. Dave Grohl time-of-my-lifeworst-timeslooks I listen to boy band music before I have to fire someone. Dave Grohl bandfireboys Whenever I say I made a record in the garage, people just assume that I have, like, a Lear jet parked in there or something. But really there's old luggage, a couple of bikes. It's big enough to put one minivan in. That's it. No dartboard. I'm so not macho. Dave Grohl recordscouplepeople It was supposed to be gross, and now it's gorgeous. Dave Grohl grossgorgeoussupposed-to-be Everybody now thinks that Nashville is the coolest city in America. Dave Grohl nashvillecitiesthinking People are so into digital recording now they forgot how easy analog recording can be. Dave Grohl digitaleasypeople Singing into a microphone and learning to play an instrument and learning to do your craft, that's the most important thing for people to do. Dave Grohl singingplaypeople When you're thirteen and listening to punk, the aggressive nature of music can sway you to the dark side. Dave Grohl listeningdarksides Because you have things like 'American Idol' and you've got radio stations that play music made entirely by computers, it's easy to forget there are bands with actual people playing actual instruments that rock. Dave Grohl rocksidolsplay Music will never go away, and I will never stop making music; it's just what capacity or what arena you decide to do it. Dave Grohl arenagoing-awaycapacity When something good comes your way, you better feel fortunate, because it doesn't last forever. Dave Grohl lastsforeverway When I listen to music these days, and I hear Pro Tools and drums that sound like a machine - it kinda sucks the life out of music. Dave Grohl machinestoolssound I love to play music. So why endanger that with something like drugs? Dave Grohl drugplay When Nirvana became popular, you could very easily slip and get lost during that storm. I fortunately had really heavy anchors - old friends, family. Dave Grohl stormanchorsold-friends
