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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.

~Dave Grohl

Topics: Analog Captures Different Different Ways It Is What It Is Manipulate Necessarily Performance Recording Tape Ways You

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

~Dave Grohl

Topics: About Children Music Place Rock Something

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I dropped out of high school and I couldn't go to college 'cause I wasn't smart enough, so I'd resigned myself to loading trucks and playing punk rock on the weekends.

~Dave Grohl

Topics: Cause College Dropped Enough Go High High School Myself Out Playing Punk Punk Rock Resigned Rock School Smart Trucks Weekends

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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.

~Dave Grohl

Topics: Able Appreciating Band Being Big Comfortable Everything Gift Know Lot Music Nirvana People Play Play Music Simple Thing Understand Who

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Mick Fleetwood was one of my first interviews. And if you've ever talked to that dude, he's the sweetest guy in the world - he's just a trip.

~Dave Grohl

Topics: Dude Ever First Guy He Interviews Just Sweetest Talked Trip World You

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I owe everything to Nirvana. But I can't let that overshadow the future. For the first few years, I didn't even want to talk about Nirvana. Partly because it was just painful to talk about losing Kurt but also because I wanted the Foo Fighters to mean something.

~Dave Grohl

Topics: About Also Because Even Everything Few Fighters First Future Just Kurt Losing Mean Nirvana Owe Painful Partly Something Talk Want Wanted Years

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I'm not into albums that are meant to sound perfect.

~Dave Grohl

Topics: Albums Meant Perfect Sound

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When I listen to the radio, I just hear so much music that doesn't even sound like people. The vocals are all tuned, and the drums are all fake.

~Dave Grohl

Topics: Drums Even Fake Hear Just Like Listen Much Music People Radio Sound Tuned Vocals

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There's a reason why the Foo Fighters don't blast out Nirvana songs every night: because we have a lot of respect for them. You know, that's hallowed ground. We have to be careful. We have to tread lightly. We have talked about it before, but the opportunity hasn't really come up, or it just hasn't felt right.

~Dave Grohl

Topics: About Be Careful Because Before Blast Careful Come Every Every Night Felt Fighters Ground Hallowed Just Know Lightly Lot Night Nirvana Opportunity Out Really Reason Respect Right Songs Talked Them Tread Up Why You

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A lot of people from my generation of music are so focused on playing things correctly or to perfection that they're stuck in that safe place.

~Dave Grohl

Topics: Correctly Focused Generation Lot Music My Generation People Perfection Place Playing Safe Safe Place Stuck Things

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: January 14th, 1969

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