Home / Quotes / Quote by Dave Grohl

Quote by Dave Grohl

“I get confused between the rock and roll thing and my movie star thing... We're f - -ing movie stars.”

Quote by Dave Grohl

Author

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. more

You May Also Like

“It's always very important to me to try to create a story that feels unpredictable. You can't jump ahead and see what's coming, but at the end, when you've watched the whole thing, it all feels inevitable.”

Feels Trying Important Ends Whole Stories Inevitable Unpredictable

Author:Noah Hawley

“I remember I went to Berlin right after the Wall came down. I first went to East Berlin, and all the buildings were old and falling down, and now when you go back to Berlin, you know you're in the East because all the buildings are brand new and very tall.”

Knows Firsts Remember Fall Building Wall Down And East Brands Tall Falling Down Berlin Brand New East Berlin

Author:Moby

“I knew a lot of my musicians used to take coke. I never saw them. They would hide it from me, so I wasn't really aware of it. Creatively, I don't think it was that great.”

Thinking Used Saws Musician Coke

Author:Giorgio Moroder

“I've experienced tons of failure. I've been making music for 30 years, and I'd say failure and success have happened in equal measure.”

Years Happened Equal Success And Failure

Author:Moby

“In 1992 I was doing one of my first ever tours and I was in Heathrow airport and I saw these middle-aged musicians who had clearly been on tour for decades, and they all looked haggard and unhappy and unhealthy. I vowed to myself that I would never be that person. Flash forward 20 years and I found myself in Heathrow looking haggard and unhappy and unhealthy. I decided I would rather spend my time staying home working on music and making dinner with friends, instead of spending six months in a hotel in a state of depressing suspended adolescence.”

“I realized that I don't like touring. I'll never complain about it because no one wants to hear about a relatively successful musician complain about the hardships of staying in a hotel.”

Want Successful Musician Complaining I Realized Hotel Staying Hardship Touring

Author:Moby

“Because I've been that drunk person in the club so many thousands of times, when I'm in an environment where people are drunk or on drugs, I certainly don't judge them. Because it's almost a given that for much of my life I've been way more messed up than them.”

People Way Persons Given Environment Judging Drug Clubs Drunk Messed Up

Author:Moby

“At 3 o'clock in the morning on tour when you're sober is a lot less fun than 3 a.m. when you're drunk in a bar or in a nightclub. But having said that, 9 in the morning on tour sober is immeasurably better than 9 a.m. on tour when you're hung over and feeling like death.”

Said Feelings Fun Morning Bars Drunk Clock Hung Sober Nightclubs

Author:Moby

“I went to Columbia University because they were doing a study on people who suffered from panic attacks, and because I suffered from panic attacks my whole life, I decided to be a part of it. They had this questionnaire where they asked, How many units of alcohol do you have in a month? The top answer was 40 or more, and I got really scared because I was having on average 60 or 70 drinks a week. And I realized that that was a bad sign.”

People Whole Answers Study Week Months Drink Decided University Average Scared Alcohol I Realized Whole Life Panic Units Columbia Panic Attacks Columbia University Questionnaires

Author:Moby

“I sometimes get in the car [and] jump all around hunting for a sample, and then I can get really annoying if anyone's in the car with me. But if I'm actually listening to music, I have a pretty solid attention span.”

Ifs I Can Sometimes Attention Car Listening Annoying Hunting Listening To Music Get Real Sample Attention Span

Author:Girl Talk