American - Musician | January 14, 1969 -
Through Kurt I saw the beauty of minimalism and the importance of music that's stripped down.
Dave Grohl
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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.
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From one generation to the next, The Beatles will remain the most important rock band of all time.
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I taught myself how to play the guitar, I taught myself how to play the drums, and I kind of fake doing both of them. But drumming comes more natural to me, and it just feels better.
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I love everything about my job, except being away from the kids.
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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.
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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.
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When you're thirteen and listening to punk, the aggressive nature of music can sway you to the dark side.
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I know a lot of people who wouldn't be comfortable with everything that comes with being in a band as big as Nirvana. The thing that I don't understand is not appreciating that simple gift of being able to play music.
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Give me something to assemble, I won't look at the directions, I'll try to figure it out by myself. It's why I love Ikea furniture.
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All I really had was a suitcase and my drums. So I took them up to Seattle and hoped it would work.
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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.
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