Dave Grohl Quotes About School

Quotes about: School

• At school where you a dunce or a teacher's pet? All of the above. I was stupid so they thought I was cute.

  Dave Grohl

  Cute, Teacher, Stupid

• Mom, thanks for letting me drop out of high school. Haha!

  Dave Grohl

  Mom, School, Haha

  "Rock Hall Quotes: 20 Awesome Quips From Nirvana, Springsteen, Kiss and More" by Jessica Letkemann, www.hollywoodreporter.com. April 11, 2014.

• I mean, I never liked being told what to do. It's one of the reasons I dropped out of school. Give me something to assemble, I won't look at the directions, I'll try to figure it out by myself. It's why I love Ikea furniture.

  Dave Grohl

  School, Mean, Ikea

• 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.

  Dave Grohl

  Mother, Teacher, School

  "Dave Grohl: 'I was ready to quit music. It felt to me like music equalled death. I started praying...'". Interview with Tom Lamont, www.theguardian.com. June 27, 2011.

• 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.

  Dave Grohl

  Smart, School, Weekend

• I'm a skinny, geeky, high school dropout - it works, kids! Sensitive guys always get the girl. You'll get laid 10 times as much as that guy on the football team 'cause he's on steroids and he's gonna get fat.

  Dave Grohl

  Girl, Football, Team

• I mean, I never liked being told what to do. It's one of the reasons I dropped out of school.

  Dave Grohl

  Mean, School, Ikea

• A long time ago, I made a promise to myself: "Okay, you know what? I'm going to play music, and hopefully I'll make enough money that I can go back to school. Once I make enough money to put myself through school, that's what I'm going to do."

  Dave Grohl

  School, Play, Long

  Interview with Kyle Ryan, www.avclub.com. August 9, 2006.

• When I was a teenager, working towards dropping out of high school to starting to tour with bands, I'd drive around in my VW Bug every morning before school, very stoned listening over and over to Zeppelin. This song got to me because it just seemed mystical. There is something about those Celtic tunings that almost sounds Eastern. Somehow it would sweep me up into my own little trance-like state, like Sting with those shamans in the Amazon. But all I had was a bong and a Led Zeppelin cassette.

  Dave Grohl

  Song, Morning, Teenager

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