A lot of people are promoting records that are just throw-it-agains t-the-wall-see- if-it-sticks meaningless bullshit. Everybody has the responsibility to do the right thing and promote artists that mean something.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the responsibility of promoting meaningful art and artists instead of superficial content.
Dave Grohl criticizes the trend of promoting music and records that lack substance, encouraging individuals to support artists whose work holds genuine significance. He suggests that the music industry should prioritize meaningful art, which resonates more deeply with listeners, rather than opting for trends that may only appeal to the masses momentarily.
In practice
In a speech about the importance of authentic music at a festival.
There's a reason why the Foo Fighters don't blast out Nirvana songs every night: because we have a lot of respect for them. You know, that's hallowed ground. We have to be careful. We have to tread lightly. We have talked about it before, but the opportunity hasn't really come up, or it just hasn't felt right.
I think my biggest musical hero growing up was probably Ian MacKaye. He set a great example for all of us local musicians. Still, to this day, I see him as the best example of a right-on musician.
Singing into a microphone and learning to play an instrument and learning to do your craft, that's the most important thing for people to do.
That’s one of the great things about music. You can sing a song to 85,000 people and they’ll sing it back for 85,000 different reasons.
As I get older... I start to realize that life ain't half bad. Each year, I'm amazed that I'm still alive. I don't take any of this for granted, I'm a lucky dude.
When I listen to music these days, and I hear Pro Tools and drums that sound like a machine - it kinda sucks the life out of music.
Every generation throws a hero up the pop charts.
My driving philosophy about making music is that you can reduce it all down to one note if that note is played with the right kind of sincerity.
If they played more blues, people would just get it - they try to hold it back but just about can't hold it back now because the blues is really going.
What came first – the music or the misery? Did I listen to the music because I was miserable? Or was I miserable because I listened to the music? Do all those records turn you into a melancholy person?
... with Voodoo Child somebody was filming when we started doing that. We did that about three times because they wanted to film us in the studio, to make us (imitates a pompous voice) 'make it look like you're recording boys' - one of them scenes, you know, so okey, let's play this and then we went into Voodoo Child
If You can play Your stuff in a pub, then You´re a good band.
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