I think maybe what happened was the convenience of technology overshadowed the experience of holding an album in your hands, and sitting on your bedroom floor, and staring at a picture of John Lennon or Gene Simmons or Johnny Rotten. That tangible experience can sometimes become an even more emotional experience, because it's really happening.

Dave Grohl

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No one is you, and that is your power. by Dave Grohl

No one is you, and that is your power.

If you play a Nickleback song backwards you'll hear messages from the devil. Even worse, if you play it forwards you'll hear Nickleback.

devil play song

Always have the highest bar for yourself. Wake up everyday and no matter how crappy you feel, want to change something for the better. Do something that makes someone happy. Create something that inspires someone. Be someone's light when they are hopeless.

make-someone-happy light inspire

That’s one of the great things about music. You can sing a song to 85,000 people and they’ll sing it back for 85,000 different reasons.

different song people

You will only be great at things you love to do don't pursue a ca... by Dave Grohl

You will only be great at things you love to do don't pursue a career in something you hate to do.

things-you-love careers hate

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 to do in life.

passionate want thinking

You look up to your heroes and you shouldn't be intimidated by th... by Dave Grohl

You look up to your heroes and you shouldn't be intimidated by them; you should be inspired by them.

inspired hero looks

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

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

stay-humble be-humble humble

Nickelback walks into a bar...there's no punchline because ruinin... by Dave Grohl

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

bars music-is walks

Just the other day someone threw a bra duct-taped to a tennis ball. I just stood there, playing guitar, thinking how this was totally premeditated. Some girl sat around inventing a way to get her bra onstage from 40 rows back.

guitar girl thinking

In this day and age, when you can use a machine or computer to simulate or emulate what people can do together, it still can't replace the magic of four people in a room playing.

magic age people

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

cancer wall artist

There's some things in life that you really consider to be pricel... by Dave Grohl

There's some things in life that you really consider to be priceless.

priceless things-in-life

To women, drummers seem like these adorable, sexy Neanderthals, but lead singers seem mysterious and dangerous. So while the lead singers all want to be David Bowie, floating into parties and being the center of attention, it's the drummers who are in the corner doing keg stands and breaking tables. Usually it's the drummers who get the fun-loving ladies and the singers who get the nutcases.

adorable sexy party

When you're young, you're not afraid of what comes next. You're e... by Dave Grohl

When you're young, you're not afraid of what comes next. You're excited by it.

audio engineering next

I don't think of Kurt as 'Kurt Cobain from Nirvana'. I think of him as 'Kurt'. It's something that comes back all the time. Almost every day.

cobain thinking

Never lose faith in real rock and roll music. Never lose faith in that. You might have to look a little harder, but it's always going to be there.

rock-and-roll rocks real

When there's so much left to do, why spend your time focusing on things you've already done, counting trophies or telling stories about the good old days?

focus done stories

Mom, thanks for letting me drop out of high school. Haha! by Dave Grohl

Mom, thanks for letting me drop out of high school. Haha!

haha mom school

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

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

elements music-is important