I think my biggest musical hero growing up was probably Ian MacKaye he set a great example for all of us local musicians. Still to this day I see him as the best example of a right-on musician. Dave Grohl More Quotes by Dave Grohl More Quotes From Dave Grohl No one is you, and that is your power. 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 Nickleback. Dave Grohl devilplaysong 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. Dave Grohl make-someone-happylightinspire 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. Dave Grohl differentsongpeople You will only be great at things you love to do don't pursue a career in something you hate to do. Dave Grohl things-you-lovecareershate 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. Dave Grohl passionatewantthinking You look up to your heroes and you shouldn't be intimidated by them; you should be inspired by them. Dave Grohl inspiredherolooks How do I stay humble? Because I'm the best at being humble. Dave Grohl stay-humblebe-humblehumble Nickelback walks into a bar...there's no punchline because ruining music isn't funny. Dave Grohl barsmusic-iswalks 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. Dave Grohl guitargirlthinking 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. Dave Grohl magicagepeople 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 cancerwallartist There's some things in life that you really consider to be priceless. Dave Grohl pricelessthings-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. Dave Grohl adorablesexyparty When you're young, you're not afraid of what comes next. You're excited by it. Dave Grohl audioengineeringnext 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. Dave Grohl cobainthinking 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. Dave Grohl rock-and-rollrocksreal 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? Dave Grohl focusdonestories Mom, thanks for letting me drop out of high school. Haha! Dave Grohl hahamomschool The human element of making music is what's most important. Dave Grohl elementsmusic-isimportant
