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Dave Grohl
Dave Grohl
American Musician
Born: Jan 14, 1969
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When you're thirteen and listening to punk, the aggressive nature of music can sway you to the dark side. Dave Grohl
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I mean, I never liked being told what to do. It's one of the reasons I dropped out of school. Dave Grohl
School Out Never Dropped Liked Being Mean Reasons
I never went to rock concerts when I was a kid. I didn't see any rock & roll bands. Dave Grohl
Kid See Never Concerts Rock Rock Concerts Bands Roll Any
Some people record onto tape, and then they pay for the tape, and download those onto a hard drive. Initially in a Pro Tools program. Other people go straight into digital, and use no tape at all. Dave Grohl
People Digital Some People Drive Pay Other Tools Those Record Some Onto Go Tape Pro Straight Then Use Hard Initially Download Program
I'd love it if everyone knew one Foo Fighters song. Dave Grohl
Love Song Everyone Knew Fighters
It's funny; recently I've started to notice people's impersonations of me, and it's basically like a hyperactive child. Dave Grohl
Funny Me People Like Child Notice Started Basically Recently
Usually, when you go in to make a record, you have 30 songs, and you record 30 of them, and 12 of them make it to the record. Dave Grohl
You Record Songs Make Go Them
It's a weird thing when you make records. You try to hear it before you make it, so you walk into the studio with this idea of what you expect to happen, and that usually changes. That usually turns into something else, and that's a good thing. Dave Grohl
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I know a lot of people who wouldn't be comfortable with everything that comes with being in a band as big as Nirvana. The thing that I don't understand is not appreciating that simple gift of being able to play music. Dave Grohl
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When digital technology started becoming the norm, you've got 50, 60, 70 years of recordings on tapes that are just deteriorating. Like, a two-inch reel of recording tape won't last forever. It dissolves. It will disappear. Dave Grohl
You Technology Digital Will Recording Digital Technology Deteriorating Recordings Disappear Like Becoming Got Years Tape Norm Tapes Forever Just Started Last
'Some Kind Of Monster' is such a nightmare for any musician to watch because you're watching a band be honest to each other. Not a good idea, man! Dave Grohl
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You know why Foo Fighters have been a band for 20 years? Because I've never really told anybody what I think of them. The last thing you ever want to do is go to therapy with your band. Dave Grohl
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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
Future Losing First Few Everything Nirvana About Something Talk Also Partly Because Years Kurt Owe Just Want Wanted Mean Fighters Painful Even
The most important thing is that you honor that musical integrity, whether you make music that sounds like ABBA or you make music that sounds like Void. Dave Grohl
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You know, Nirvana used to start rehearsals with the three of us just jamming. For, like, a half an hour, just noise and freeform crap - and usually it was crap. But sometimes things would come from it, and some songs on Nevermind came from that, and 'Heart Shaped Box' and stuff on 'In Utero' just happened that way. Dave Grohl
You Heart Noise Sometimes Three Half Way Nirvana Would Some Shaped Songs Stuff Come Hour Like Know Box Came Just Crap Happened Jamming Us Used Rehearsals Things Start
I never went to rock concerts when I was a kid. I didn't see any rock & roll bands. I had posters on my wall. I had Beatles records. Dave Grohl
Beatles Kid See Posters Records Never Had Concerts Rock Rock Concerts Bands Wall Roll Any
From the time that 'Nevermind' came out in September of 1991 to the time that Nirvana was over, it was really just a few years, and a lot happened in those few years. Dave Grohl
Time Few September Those Nirvana Out Over Over It Came Years Lot Just Happened Really
No one has any faith in the tape anymore - everyone just relies on computers and considers the hardrive to be the safest option, and I don't. I think an analog tape is something you can hold. Dave Grohl
Faith You Think Analog Everyone Considers Something Computers No-One Safest Tape Option Any Just Anymore Hold
There's something about pulling out a real tape from a shelf and looking at it and knowing that 'Everlong' is on it, or 'Best of You' is on it, and it's really special. Dave Grohl
Best You Looking Out About Something Knowing Shelf Real Tape Really Special Pulling
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
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I'm not into albums that are meant to sound perfect. Dave Grohl
Perfect Sound Meant Albums
When I listen to the radio, I just hear so much music that doesn't even sound like people. The vocals are all tuned, and the drums are all fake. Dave Grohl
Music People Vocals Like Drums Fake Sound Hear Listen Just Tuned Much Radio Even
I was at a New Year's Eve party, and someone asked me how was my year, and I said, 'I honestly think 2011 was the best year of my entire life,' and I actually meant it. Dave Grohl
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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
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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
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There's poetry in being the band that can sell out Wembley but also makes a record in a garage. I don't like doing what people expect me to do. Dave Grohl
Me People Band Out Record Poetry Like Also Makes Doing Sell Expect Being Garage
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