You look up to your heroes and you shouldn't be intimidated by them; you should be inspired by them. Dave Grohl More Quotes by Dave Grohl More Quotes From Dave Grohl I think the producers or whoever's doing the show are tripping so hard. They must be on acid. They live in this, like, weird grass mound and there's this 'sun' in the sky with this little baby's face that's just, like, bleaaargh-aarghagh. It's just so totally insane. It's such an acid thing, man. For kids! Dave Grohl baby men kids I can understand how some people might resent me for having the audacity to continue playing music, but it'd take a lot more than that to stop me from doing it. I started Foo Fighters because I didn't want to retreat. Dave Grohl playing-music audacity people I stopped doing drugs when I was 20. I was finished with drugs before Nirvana even started. Dave Grohl finished drug What's the last thing a drummer says in a band? 'Hey guys, why don't we try one of my songs?' Dave Grohl guy song trying I'd love it if everyone knew one Foo Fighters song. Dave Grohl foo-fighters fighter song My first instrument was actually the trombone, but that didn't last long. Soon I was playing guitar in bands from the time I was 11 or 12. Dave Grohl guitar long firsts Most of our songs were written on acoustic guitar before they made it to the practice stage. Dave Grohl guitar practice song I always loved writing songs - writing for myself and demo-ing songs, really with no intention of ever letting anyone else hear them. Dave Grohl intention writing song When it comes to making an album I take that very seriously. I am meticulous, overworked. That's my time to put everything under the microscope. Dave Grohl meticulous microscopes albums Develop that individuality by working as hard as you can at what you love. Dave Grohl what-you-love hard individuality Your personal history is a part of what happens with your hands and your head as you play music. Dave Grohl personal-history play hands Rock stars are like sports stars: If you snap your ankle, you're done. Dave Grohl rocks stars sports I think I'm scared a lot. I'm scared of almost everything. And I'm constantly trying to work my way through each obstacle, whether it's a present, past, or future relationship. Dave Grohl trying past thinking Always have the highest bar for yourself. Dave Grohl highest bars Through Kurt I saw the beauty of minimalism and the importance of music that's stripped down. Dave Grohl rock-n-roll importance saws The most important thing for me is my family, and my health and happiness, and making sure everyone's cool. Dave Grohl important-things my-family important I love everything about my job, except being away from the kids. Dave Grohl jobs kids I'm big on taking the lady out to dinner. We have some candlelight romance every now and then. And our whole family is within a 6-mile radius. It's disgustingly domestic. I'm big on Costco. Dave Grohl dinner romance now-and-then If there's one thing I'm good at, it's gathering people together to do something fun. Dave Grohl together fun people There's a reason why the Foo Fighters don't blast out Nirvana songs every night: because we have a lot of respect for them. You know, that's hallowed ground. We have to be careful. We have to tread lightly. We have talked about it before, but the opportunity hasn't really come up, or it just hasn't felt right. Dave Grohl opportunity song night
