Dave Grohl Quotes

I feel like I'm playing the washboard more than the guitar.

I'm not capable of wielding the guitar like Jimmy Page, one of my all-time favorite guitarists. My skill set is more based on the grinding, sort of human heartbeat - almost playing the guitar more like a drum.

I've always kind of had an interest in the drums but nothing else. The drums are the only thing I feel I would be good at, because I'm a very physical person. I've always played sports and stuff. Drums would give me something to do.

Anybody can be a drummer.

Both my brothers are drummers.

I was always playing with whatever I could get under my hands, making rhythm with it, which was natural for me, because my parents were listening to a lot of African music.

My father taught me to read music and play the piano-but not well, even though people have said that I'm a natural musician.

I was a drummer and I played the guitar.

I've figured out what to do with my hands... onstage. I'm a percussion player, so I grab a tambourine as much as I can.

Playing guitar is not a beauty contest.

As a musician, I don't think I'm the greatest guitar player. I'm a bigger fan of the drums than I am the guitar; I just happen to play guitar. I play drums almost every day at my house. I wrote a lot of songs behind the drum kit, just having the music and vocals in my head and playing the rhythm.

How can you not love a man banging on the drums? He knows how to keep a rhythm.

I borrowed a guitar at age 16 and taught myself to play because I wanted to write songs.

I saw a drummer play once when I was a kid and I thought, that's really cool. You know, you're moving. You're using your arms and fingers. So I tried it and I loved it.

I love the way Pharell is laying down great drum tracks. He is a great drummer.

Drumming was the only thing I was ever good at.

I really just wanted to play the drum set and match that. I was never really into the percussion thing.

You can tune your guitar funky, and something's gonna come out. There's no secret to it - either you got it, or you don't.

I started playing guitar when I was, like, 5, and I picked up playing drums when I was 6 years old.

I play piano and ukulele, and I taught myself those things just because I wanted to play them.

Energy wise, playing the drums was a lot of fun; I just felt like it was a natural fit for me.

I didn't start playing drums until I was 12, for school band; they didn't have any saxophones left. My step-pops had a kit at the house, and I had never done anything that I understood so quick. It was so natural. It was the most fun and consistent thing in my life.

I actually played guitar before I played drums. And I always play guitar on the Slipknot albums as well, as well as being responsible for a lot of the songwriting.

Vocally, I had never taken a lesson when I put out my videos. It was just a lot of fun. I had watched my dad play guitar, so I just sort of did the same thing.

I've been playing drums since I was 7.