Dave grohl

I don't think of Kurt as 'Kurt Cobain from Nirvana'. I think of him as 'Kurt'. It's something that comes back all the time. Almost every day.

I never went to rock concerts when I was a kid. I didn't see any rock & roll bands. I had posters on my wall. I had Beatles records.

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

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.

It's funny; recently I've started to notice people's impersonations of me, and it's basically like a hyperactive child.

You know, Nirvana used to start rehearsals with the three of us just jamming. For, like, a half an hour, just noise and freeform crap - and usually it was crap. But sometimes things would come from...

My mother was a public school teacher in Virginia, and we didn't have any money, we just survived on happiness, on being a happy family.

My songwriting is like extending a hand to the listener.

And later, if I ever felt that I was getting swept away by the craziness of being in a band, well, I'd go back to Virginia.

Ladies and gentlemen, god bless America - land of the free, home of the brave.