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 More Quotes by Dave Grohl More Quotes From Dave Grohl 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 connections drummer stranger 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 want mean years 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 stupid cute teacher 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 writing song book 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-life worst-times looks I listen to boy band music before I have to fire someone. Dave Grohl band fire boys 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 records couple people It was supposed to be gross, and now it's gorgeous. Dave Grohl gross gorgeous supposed-to-be Everybody now thinks that Nashville is the coolest city in America. Dave Grohl nashville cities thinking People are so into digital recording now they forgot how easy analog recording can be. Dave Grohl digital easy people 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 singing play people When you're thirteen and listening to punk, the aggressive nature of music can sway you to the dark side. Dave Grohl listening dark sides 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 rocks idols play 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 arena going-away capacity When something good comes your way, you better feel fortunate, because it doesn't last forever. Dave Grohl lasts forever way 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 machines tools sound I love to play music. So why endanger that with something like drugs? Dave Grohl drug play 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 storm anchors old-friends 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. It's not about being perfect, it's not about sounding absolutely correct, it's not about what goes on in a computer. It's about what goes on in here [your heart] and what goes on in here [your head]. Dave Grohl play heart people
