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Cause when you're sequencing a record, you want the listener to stick with it from beginning to end, and in order to do that, you really have to map out the journey from the first song to the last.

~Dave Grohl

Topics: Beginning Cause End First Journey Last Listener Map Order Out Really Record Song Stick Want You

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Usually, when you go in to make a record, you have 30 songs, and you record 30 of them, and 12 of them make it to the record.

~Dave Grohl

Topics: Go Make Record Songs Them You

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Usually, when Nirvana made music, there wasn't a lot of conversation. We wanted everything to be surreal. We didn't want to have some contrived composition.

~Dave Grohl

Topics: Composition Contrived Conversation Everything Lot Made Music Nirvana Some Surreal Want Wanted

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It was that famous joke: What's the last thing the drummer said before he got kicked out of the band? 'Hey, I wrote a song.'

~Dave Grohl

Topics: Band Before Drummer Famous Got He Hey Joke Kicked Last Out Said Song Thing Wrote

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When digital technology started becoming the norm, you've got 50, 60, 70 years of recordings on tapes that are just deteriorating. Like, a two-inch reel of recording tape won't last forever. It dissolves. It will disappear.

~Dave Grohl

Topics: Becoming Digital Digital Technology Disappear Forever Got Just Last Like Norm Recording Recordings Started Tape Tapes Technology Will Years You

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'Some Kind Of Monster' is such a nightmare for any musician to watch because you're watching a band be honest to each other. Not a good idea, man!

~Dave Grohl

Topics: Any Band Because Each Good Good Idea Honest Idea Kind Man Monster Musician Nightmare Other Some Watch Watching You

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You know why Foo Fighters have been a band for 20 years? Because I've never really told anybody what I think of them. The last thing you ever want to do is go to therapy with your band.

~Dave Grohl

Topics: Anybody Band Because Been Ever Fighters Go Know Last Never Really Them Therapy Thing Think Want Why Years You Your I Think

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I once received a cape that was made from the little purple bags that Crown Royal Whisky comes in.

~Dave Grohl

Topics: Bags Cape Crown Little Made Once Purple Received Royal Whisky

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It's terrifying to play your favorite band's song in front of your favorite band.

~Dave Grohl

Topics: Band Favorite Front Play Song Terrifying Your

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I didn't start sweating until I had children. That was one of the first things I realized when my daughter Violet was born - I started getting wicked BO. You know there's a difference between basketball BO and stress BO? This was definitely stress BO. Like, new dad BO.

~Dave Grohl

Topics: Basketball Between Born Children Dad Daughter Definitely Difference First First Things Getting Had Know Like New Realized Start Started Stress Sweating Things Until Violet Wicked You

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: January 14th, 1969

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