Quotes By Dave Grohl

I never needed much, and I never thought I'd get more than what I had. A trip to Burger King was the biggest thing in the world to me. Heaven.

Music will never go away, and I will never stop making music; it's just what capacity or what arena you decide to do it.

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?

When you're recording to analog tape, it captures performance and you can't necessarily manipulate that in different ways. It is what it is.

There's a big difference between falling in love with someone and falling in love with someone and getting married. Usually, after you get married, you fall in love with the person even more.

All I really had was a suitcase and my drums. So I took them up to Seattle and hoped it would work.

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.

My songwriting is like extending a hand to the listener.

I've always been a fan of melody and emotional melancholy, whether it was Rites of Spring or Tears for Fears or Neil Young. If I hear a song that has a sweet melody, I'm a sucker for it, whether it's Linkin Park or Little Richard.

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

If it weren't for the Beatles, I would not be a musician.

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.

It's funny; recently I've started to notice people's impersonations of me, and it's basically like a hyperactive child.