Home / Authors / Dave Grohl

Dave Grohl

Dave Grohl Quotes

Musician

Dave Grohl, born on January 14, 1969, is an American musician. He is best known for his role as the drummer for the rock band Nirvana, and later for founding Foo Fighters. Grohl's musical career has been marked by innovation and breakthroughs, with his work having a profound impact on modern rock music.

Filter quotes by topic

All Band People Song Thinking Ifs Records Rocks Knows Albums Want Foo Fighters Years Play Way Feels Fighter Sound Important Looks Made

Famous Dave Grohl Quotes

“There's always gonna be rock n' roll bands, there's always gonna be kids that love rock n' roll records, and there will always be rock n' roll.”

Kids Records Rocks Band Rock N Roll

Author:Dave Grohl

“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.”

People Records Band Sells Garage

Author:Dave Grohl

“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.”

Author:Dave Grohl

“With this record [The Colour and the Shape], I started taking the lyrics more seriously. This is a very personal album.”

Records Shapes Albums Colour

Author:Dave Grohl

“For every Foo Fighters record, we've had two or three beautiful, acoustic-based songs, but they never usually make their way to the record, because we want to make rock records.”

Way Want Two Beautiful Song Three Records Rocks Fighter Acoustics Foo Fighters

Author:Dave Grohl

“When you're sequencing a record, you want the listener to stick with it from beginning to end, and in order to do that, you really have to map out the journey from the first song to the last.”

Want Firsts Ends Lasts Song Order Records Journey Sticks Maps Listeners Sequencing

Author:Dave Grohl

“In a way, as much as we love to be a big, loud rock band, the acoustic album was a lot easier to make than the rock records. I think because it was brand new territory for the band.”

Thinking Way Bigs Records Rocks Easier Band Albums Brands Loud Territory Acoustics Brand New Rock Bands New Territory

Author:Dave Grohl

“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. If everything was as you imagined it to be, it just wouldn't be as much fun.”

Ifs Trying Ideas Happens Turns Fun Walks Records Good Things Studios Weird Things

Author:Dave Grohl

“Once I got into punk rock, I started mail-ordering albums, because a lot of the record stores in my area didn't carry the punk bands from England or Sweden or Chicago or Los Angeles”

Records Rocks Band Areas England Albums Stores Los Angeles Chicago Mail Punk Punk Rock Sweden Record Stores

Author:Dave Grohl

“Someone curating songs for you through your computer or being able to hold 10,000 songs on your watch - that convenience is pretty incredible, but so is the emotional impact of holding a Beatles record in your hand and listening to Let It Be.”

Hands Able Song Watches Records Emotional Listening Computer Impact Incredibles Convenience

Author:Dave Grohl

“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.”

People Hard Use Pay Records Program Tools Digital Tape Downloads

Author:Dave Grohl

“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.”

Writing Years Book Shows Song My Own Records Band Screens I Realized Release Labels Shirts T Shirt Publish Silk

Author:Dave Grohl

“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.”

People Made Enough Bigs Records Couple Assuming Bike Jet Garage Macho Lear Luggage Minivans

Author:Dave Grohl

“A lot of the records you buy, there's nothing you can hold in your hand, it's all 1′s and 0′s, this digital cloud floating in the ether, but with analog albums, you can hold it in your hand.”

Hands Records Clouds Albums Digital Floating Analog

Author:Dave Grohl

“A place like Sound City, which was just a big, beautiful room where you would hit record and capture the sound of the performer - a place like that isn't necessarily in demand anymore.”

Bigs Beautiful Sound Rooms Cities Records Demand Capture Performers

Author:Dave Grohl

“The word ‘grunge’ became a household term, and fashion runways were filled with flannel shirts and long underwear. Oh, how we laughed… Every now and then when I’m feeling a little nostalgic, I put on my ‘grunge tuxedo’ - flannel shirt, long shorts with long underwear underneath them, and a pair of Doc Martens - and dance around the house to Tad records.”

Littles Long Feelings House Term Records Fashion Filled Shirts Pairs Laughed Now And Then Household Underwear Nostalgic Shorts Runway Grunge Tuxedos Flannels

Author:Dave Grohl

“A lot of people are promoting records that are just throw-it-agains t-the-wall-see- if-it-sticks meaningless bullshit. Everybody has the responsibility to do the right thing and promote artists that mean something.”

People Ifs Mean Artist Responsibility Records Wall Sticks Right Thing Meaningless Bullshit Promoting

Author:Dave Grohl

“I think maybe people see bands and musicians as some sort of superhero unrealistic sport that happens in another dimension where it's not real people and not real emotions. So, I grew up listening to Beatles records on my floor. That's how I learned how to play guitar. If it weren't for them, I wouldn't be a musician.”

People Ifs Thinking Real Play Happens Sports Emotion Records Listening Grew Band Grew Up Musician Guitar Dimensions Superhero Real Emotion

Author:Dave Grohl

About the Author

Born: January 14, 1969
Known for: Musician
Quotes: 211

Related Topics

Band People Song Thinking Ifs Records Rocks Knows Albums Want Foo Fighters Years Play Way Feels Fighter Sound Important Looks Made

Popular Topics

People Ifs Thinking Knows Men World Way Want Love Life Inspirational Needs Giving Feels Should Writing Trying Years Mind Firsts

Books & Sources

The Storyteller: Tales of Life and MusicRelated source material

Similar Authors

Billy CorganBrowse related quotes
Theresa WaymanBrowse related quotes
James IhaBrowse related quotes
Bruce SpringsteenBrowse related quotes
BeckBrowse related quotes
Joan JettBrowse related quotes
Stephen MalkmusBrowse related quotes
Adam RichBrowse related quotes
Jerry HarrisonBrowse related quotes
Joe PerryBrowse related quotes