Dave Grohl > Quotes

“I don’t believe in guilty pleasures. If you fucking like something, like it. That’s what’s wrong with our generation: that residual punk rock guilt, like, “You’re not supposed to like that. That’s not fucking cool.” Don’t fucking think it’s not cool to like Britney Spears’ “Toxic.” It is cool to like Britney Spears’ “Toxic”! Why the fuck not? Fuck you! That’s who I am, goddamn it! That whole guilty pleasure thing is full of fucking shit.”
― Dave Grohl

“That’s one of the great things about music. You can sing a song to 85,000 people and they’ll sing it back for 85,000 different reasons.”
― Dave Grohl

“Life is just too damn short to let someone else’s opinion steer the wheel,”
― Dave Grohl, The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

“For, in a world full of Barbies, every girl needs a Joan Jett”
― Dave Grohl, The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

“I had no idea what I was doing and I faked it and it worked”
― Dave Grohl

“Heavy Metal would not exist without Led Zeppelin, and if it did, it would suck.”
― Dave Grohl

“No one is you and that is your biggest power.”
― Dave Grohl

“And Kurt.

If only he could have seen the joy that his music brought to the world, maybe he could have found his own. My life was forever changed by Kurt, something I never had the chance to say while he was still with us, and not thanking him for that is a regret I will have to live with until we are somehow reunited. Not a day goes by when I don't think of our time together, and when we meet in my dreams there's always a feeling of happiness and calm, almost as if he's just been hiding, waiting to return.”
― Dave Grohl, The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

“BECAUSE EVERY DAY IS STILL A BLANK PAGE, WAITING TO WRITE ITSELF.”
― Dave Grohl, The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

“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.”
― Dave Grohl

“But with friends, you design your own relationship, which in turn designs your grief, which can be felt even deeper when they are gone. Those can be roots that are much harder to pull.”
― Dave Grohl, The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

“And there is no love like a mother’s love. It is life’s greatest song. We are all indebted to the women who have given us life. For without them, there would be no music.”
― Dave Grohl, The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

“I was born to let my freak flag fly and celebrate all of life's beautiful eccentricities.”
― Dave Grohl, The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

“To me, that is beauty. Not the gleam of prefabricated perfection, but the road-worn beauty of individuality, time, and wisdom.”
― Dave Grohl, The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

“The most important thing for me is my family, and my health and happiness, and making sure everyone's cool.”
― Dave Grohl

“I felt ashamed at times that I could not feel, but eventually I accepted that there is no right or wrong way to grieve. There is no textbook no manual to refer to when in need of emotional guidance. It is a process that cannot be controlled, and you are hopelessly at the mercy of its grip, so you must surrender to it when it rears its ugly head, no matter the fear. Over the years, I have come to terms with this. To this day I am often overcome with that same profound sadness that sent me to the floor the first time I was told Kurt had died.”
― dave grohl, The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

“Tearing through the room like an F5 tornado of hyperactive joy was Taylor Hawkins, my brother from another mother, my best friend, a man for whom I would take a bullet. Upon first meeting, our bond was immediate, and we grew closer with every day, every song, every note that we ever played together. I am not afraid to say that our chance meeting was a kind of love at first sight, igniting a musical “twin flame” that still burns to this day. Together, we have become an unstoppable duo, onstage and off, in pursuit of any and all adventure we can find. We are absolutely meant to be, and I am grateful that we found each other in this lifetime.”
― Dave Grohl, The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

“You will only be great at the things you love to do.
Don't pursue a career in something you hate to do.”
― Dave Grohl

“I love my children as I was loved as a child, and I pray that they will do the same when their time comes. Some cycles are meant to be broken. Some are meant to be reinforced.”
― Dave Grohl, The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

“You cannot predict a person's sudden passing, but there are certain people in life that you prepare yourself to lose, for whatever reason. You foolishly try to protect yourself by building a wall around your heart as a sort of preemptive defense mechanism so that when you get that call, you are prepared somehow. Like being emotionally vaccinated, you have already built up an immunity to their inevitable passing.
But this never works.”
― Dave Grohl, The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

“Through Kurt I saw the beauty of minimalism and the importance of music that's stripped down.”
― Dave Grohl

“Sometimes, you can't save someone from themselves.”
― Dave Grohl

“After all, you are only as happy as your unhappiest child.”
― Dave Grohl, The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

“Courage is a defining factor in the life of any artist. The courage to bare your innermost feelings, to reveal your true voice, or to stand in front of an audience and lay it out there for the world to see. The emotional vulnerability that is often necessary to summon a great song can also work against you when sharing your song for the world to hear. This is the paralyzing conflict of any sensitive artist. A feeling I’ve experienced with every lyric I’ve sung to someone other than myself. Will they like it? Am I good enough? It is the courage to be yourself that bridges those opposing emotions, and when it does, magic can happen.”
― Dave Grohl, The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

“I stopped trying to understand fate and destiny a long time ago, but dumb luck seems to be my specialty.”
― Dave Grohl, The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

“I have never been one to collect “stuff,” I do collect moments.”
― Dave Grohl, The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

“When I was seventeen years old, music had become my counselor when I needed guidance, my friend when I felt alone, my father when I needed love, my preacher when I needed hope, and my partner when I needed to belong.”
― Dave Grohl, The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

“I don’t believe in guilty pleasures. If you f---ing like something, like it.”
― Dave Grohl

“. My head and my heart seem to play this cruel trick on me, deceiving me with the false illusion of youth by greeting the world every day through the idealistic, mischievous eyes of a rebellious child finding happiness and appreciation in the most basic, simple things.”
― Dave Grohl

“What you think, you become.
What you feel, you attract.
What you imagine, you create.”
― Dave Grohl, The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music