The Storyteller Quotes

“Life is just too damn short to let someone else’s opinion steer the wheel,”
― Dave Grohl, The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

“For, in a world full of Barbies, every girl needs a Joan Jett”
― Dave Grohl, The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

“And Kurt.

If only he could have seen the joy that his music brought to the world, maybe he could have found his own. My life was forever changed by Kurt, something I never had the chance to say while he was still with us, and not thanking him for that is a regret I will have to live with until we are somehow reunited. Not a day goes by when I don't think of our time together, and when we meet in my dreams there's always a feeling of happiness and calm, almost as if he's just been hiding, waiting to return.”
― Dave Grohl, The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

“BECAUSE EVERY DAY IS STILL A BLANK PAGE, WAITING TO WRITE ITSELF.”
― Dave Grohl, The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

“But with friends, you design your own relationship, which in turn designs your grief, which can be felt even deeper when they are gone. Those can be roots that are much harder to pull.”
― Dave Grohl, The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

“And there is no love like a mother’s love. It is life’s greatest song. We are all indebted to the women who have given us life. For without them, there would be no music.”
― Dave Grohl, The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

“I was born to let my freak flag fly and celebrate all of life's beautiful eccentricities.”
― Dave Grohl, The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

“To me, that is beauty. Not the gleam of prefabricated perfection, but the road-worn beauty of individuality, time, and wisdom.”
― Dave Grohl, The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

“I felt ashamed at times that I could not feel, but eventually I accepted that there is no right or wrong way to grieve. There is no textbook no manual to refer to when in need of emotional guidance. It is a process that cannot be controlled, and you are hopelessly at the mercy of its grip, so you must surrender to it when it rears its ugly head, no matter the fear. Over the years, I have come to terms with this. To this day I am often overcome with that same profound sadness that sent me to the floor the first time I was told Kurt had died.”
― dave grohl, The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

“Tearing through the room like an F5 tornado of hyperactive joy was Taylor Hawkins, my brother from another mother, my best friend, a man for whom I would take a bullet. Upon first meeting, our bond was immediate, and we grew closer with every day, every song, every note that we ever played together. I am not afraid to say that our chance meeting was a kind of love at first sight, igniting a musical “twin flame” that still burns to this day. Together, we have become an unstoppable duo, onstage and off, in pursuit of any and all adventure we can find. We are absolutely meant to be, and I am grateful that we found each other in this lifetime.”
― Dave Grohl, The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

“You cannot predict a person's sudden passing, but there are certain people in life that you prepare yourself to lose, for whatever reason. You foolishly try to protect yourself by building a wall around your heart as a sort of preemptive defense mechanism so that when you get that call, you are prepared somehow. Like being emotionally vaccinated, you have already built up an immunity to their inevitable passing.
But this never works.”
― Dave Grohl, The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

“I love my children as I was loved as a child, and I pray that they will do the same when their time comes. Some cycles are meant to be broken. Some are meant to be reinforced.”
― Dave Grohl, The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

“After all, you are only as happy as your unhappiest child.”
― Dave Grohl, The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

“I stopped trying to understand fate and destiny a long time ago, but dumb luck seems to be my specialty.”
― Dave Grohl, The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

“Courage is a defining factor in the life of any artist. The courage to bare your innermost feelings, to reveal your true voice, or to stand in front of an audience and lay it out there for the world to see. The emotional vulnerability that is often necessary to summon a great song can also work against you when sharing your song for the world to hear. This is the paralyzing conflict of any sensitive artist. A feeling I’ve experienced with every lyric I’ve sung to someone other than myself. Will they like it? Am I good enough? It is the courage to be yourself that bridges those opposing emotions, and when it does, magic can happen.”
― Dave Grohl, The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

“I have never been one to collect “stuff,” I do collect moments.”
― Dave Grohl, The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

“When I was seventeen years old, music had become my counselor when I needed guidance, my friend when I felt alone, my father when I needed love, my preacher when I needed hope, and my partner when I needed to belong.”
― Dave Grohl, The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

“What you think, you become.
What you feel, you attract.
What you imagine, you create.”
― Dave Grohl, The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

“Define a lot of coffee . . . ,” I said, knowing that my caffeine consumption would probably make Juan Valdez pack up his donkey and run for the hills of Colombia. I was almost embarrassed to admit the amount of coffee I would drink in one day, for fear that he would 5150 me and send me off in a straitjacket to the nearest Caffeine Anonymous meeting. I had recently come to terms with this addiction, realizing that maybe five pots of coffee a day was slightly overdoing it, but I hadn’t accepted the dire consequences until now. Unfortunately, I’m THAT guy. Give me one, I want ten. There is a reason why I still to this day have never done cocaine, because deep down I know that if I did coke the same way I drink coffee, I’d be sucking dicks at the bus stop every morning for an eight ball.”
― Dave Grohl, The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

“To really see America, you need to drive it mile by mile. Because you not only begin to grasp the immensity of this beautiful country, you see the climate and geography change with every state line. These are indeed things that cannot be learned from an old school book under the cold classroom lights. They must be seen, heard, and felt in person to be truly appreciated.”
― Dave Grohl, The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

“I was a bit of a misfit, longing to feel understood, waiting for someone to accept the real me.”
― Dave Grohl, The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

“We never had much, but we always had enough.”
― Dave Grohl, The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

“Though Kurt and Jimmy were not “family,” I invited them to be, and that invitation can sometimes be even more intimate than the connection to any blood relative. There was no biological obligation here; we were bonded for other reasons: our parallel spirits, our love of music, and our mutual appreciation. You cannot choose family, and when you lose family, there is a biological imperative that implies a built-in type of mourning. But with friends, you design your own relationship, which in turn designs your grief, which can be felt even deeper when they are gone. THOSE CAN BE ROOTS THAT ARE MUCH HARDER TO PULL.”
― Dave Grohl, The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

“Trust me, the sweet sting of a love refused is powerful enough to send any scribe scrambling for pen and paper.”
― Dave Grohl, The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

“Joan was not only an actual human being but a most important one. A FEMINIST ICON WHO PROVED TO THE WORLD THAT WOMEN CAN ROCK EVEN HARDER THAN MEN. An innovator, an architect, a punk rock pioneer so powerful, she inspired generations of young women to pick up guitars and do the same.”
― Dave Grohl, The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

“Punk rock became my professor in a school with no rules, only teaching the lesson that you need no lessons and that every person has a voice to be heard, no matter the sound.”
― Dave Grohl, The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

“I STILL WALK THROUGH THIS LIFE LIKE A LITTLE BOY IN A MUSEUM, SURROUNDED BY THE EXHIBITS I’VE SPENT A LIFETIME STUDYING, AND WHEN I FINALLY COME FACE-TO-FACE WITH SOMETHING OR SOMEONE THAT HAS INSPIRED ME ALONG THE WAY, I AM THANKFUL. I AM GRATEFUL.”
― Dave Grohl, The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

“In a way, I cherish my numerous heartbreaks almost more than the actual love that preceded them, because the heartbreak has always proven to me that I can feel.”
― Dave Grohl, The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

“Sometimes I forget that I’ve aged.”
― Dave Grohl, The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

“I still walk through this life like a little boy in a museum, surrounded by the exhibits I've spent a lifetime studying. And when I finally come face to face with something or someone who has inspired me along the way, I'm thankful. I'm grateful. But it's one thing to meet a hero in passing, it's another thing when they become your friend.”
― David grohl, The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music