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I only started playing piano because I had chickenpox when I was about 14 and wasn't allowed to play my drums for a whole week... We had a piano in the house, so I just sat down and played that instead.
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If I could, I would have my son on tour the whole time. But he has school, summer camp, and he has to see his mother.
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How do you be a 45-year-old man in a rock band, do it well, keep your dignity and not become a parody of yourself? I don't think it will be simple.
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In hindsight, if I could go back in time and relay a message to my younger self, I would tell him to work on his time keeping, and that the job of a drummer is not to be the one that gets noticed the most on stage, or to be the fastest, or the loudest. Above all, it is to be the timekeeper.
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I know I'm not Freddie Mercury or Ann Wilson, and that's okay. You don't have to be a great singer to sing rock and roll. That's not what it's about.
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Why go on vacation when work is so much more fun.
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Reiterating the belief that HIV is the cause of AIDS is an easy thing to do. Understanding the science and politics of the situation is much more complicated and requires study with a critical and open mind.
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I don't have perfect pitch. My drums sound like a drummer, not a drum machine.
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Perez Hilton: Are you drunk right now?Grohl: No, I gotta play.Perez: Britney Spears has been getting wasted all the time, hasn't stopped her.Grohl: Yeah, but she doesn't have to sing live.
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Working hard is a skill you have to nurture!
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What's the last thing a drummer says in a band? 'Hey guys, why don't we try one of my songs?
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I think that debut albums are supposed to sound sort of raw. You don't want to record 'Sgt. Pepper's' as your first album, because where do you go from there?
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I've worked hard, but this business can be tough, and I just consider myself incredibly lucky to have had the career that I have, and to still be having so much fun playing drums and making music.
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The drummer is stereotypically the dumb guy. Maybe that's why I always respect drummers who do more than drum.
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I never learn my lesson.
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Expectations are just leftover praise. They are a blessing. If you didn't have the capability to meet them, they wouldn't exist.
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I don't really know how to play drums, so I play them wrong. But the pro guys, they never sweat. You know if someone's gone to music school, because they don't sweat when they play drums if they have.
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I was lucky enough to be down at the studio the day John Paul Jones came down.
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I like stuff that sounds big and full and makes your head trip and your body react.
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With any rock documentary or band documentary you always recognize things that you've experienced some version of.
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Music was my whole life, not a career. It definitely was never easy... Still isn't.
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Y'know, I realize that George W. Bush is an asshole, but don't judge all us yankees by the actions of our government. Remember, he didn't win the popular vote so it's not entirely our fault!