Quotes By Dave Grohl

My songwriting is like extending a hand to the listener.

I was ready to quit music. It felt to me like music equalled death.

People are so into digital recording now they forgot how easy analog recording can be.

The whole slacker generation totally didn't apply to us musically.

Actually, I didn't start sweating until I had children.

I stopped doing drugs when I was 20. I was finished with drugs before Nirvana even started.

Ladies and gentlemen, god bless America - land of the free, home of the brave.

I had never been in charge of anything. I'd always worked for someone. I worked for a furniture warehouse. I did masonry. I always had a boss yelling at me. So I'd never been in charge of an organization.

No, there's something about the sing-song cadence of children's music that has its place in rock.

I never went to rock concerts when I was a kid. I didn't see any rock & roll bands.

And later, if I ever felt that I was getting swept away by the craziness of being in a band, well, I'd go back to Virginia.

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.

When you have kids, you see life through different eyes. You feel love more deeply and are maybe a little more compassionate. It's inevitable that that would make its way into your songwriting.

When Nirvana became popular, you could very easily slip and get lost during that storm. I fortunately had really heavy anchors - old friends, family.

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?