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I like when people take chances.
I think more people need to make out.
I like to keep my feet on the sidewalk.
I'm not politically correct; I never said I was.
Making people uncomfortable is one of my hobbies.
So the thing is to put out music for music's sake.
I think people get fixated on the example of an idea.
When you expect anything from music, you expect too much.
You wanna be there for everybody, but it's just not possible.
You got to risk something to be able to give something, you know?
Really the topic of breakfast cereal is generally a very boring one.
Not everyone deserves to be a musician, you get lucky enough to be one.
I think if you play music and you join a scene you're already too late.
Music is the only thing I've ever known that doesn't have any rules at all.
Ultimately, words are only words, and its only the music that stands by itself.
Vinyl has gotten to the point where it's exclusively for the collector, I guess.
I've worked at a deli, I've worked construction, I've worked a few different jobs.
Music's supposed to be real. When it really touches you, it's supposed to be real.
Guitar solos, to me, should be a really articulate way to make fun of guitar solos.
If you wanna be famous, then it's okay if the music is fake, because fame isn't real.
Any band on their first couple records is just trying to keep up with their inspiration.
I asked my friend Greg Andersson to introduce me to people that can distribute my album.
I'm always looking for cool stuff to do because that's what we're supposed to do, ya know?
I know there are some labels that put out music for art's sake, but I don't know which ones.
I like to move forward and notice things along the roadside that indicate where I should go.
I think part of what happens is that small labels want to get bigger. And bigger is not better.
I think people believe I'm some kind of evil dictator sometimes. But I don't much care about that.
When you get sick and it's extended, you go through all these mental phases, and everyone handles them differently.
Why would you choose being bitter over choosing to make music? Being bitter is gross. It doesn't amount to anything.
If you're trying to do something different, you can't ask someone to help, because they'll want to make it not different.
Sometimes you actually get caught in the web of things where people are talking about... what kind of breakfast cereal you like.
Records don't have to be perfect. Everyone doesn't have to move left when everyone else moves left. I love hearing the mistakes.
I've always heard music in my head since I was a little kid, so I've always played towards that. If I felt bad, that's what I did.
Making people uncomfortable is one of my hobbies. I'm always hoping that half the people get the joke and the other half are the joke.
Sometimes Queens' music is dark, but somehow it's ok to deliver it with a smile on your face because thing's are still going to kick in.
I think I learned years ago when I went to Hawaii that you don't bring puka shells back. You've got to be careful of your vacation purchases.
I'm a fairly upbeat and happy guy, you know? I don't like people that feel sorry for themselves, and I traditionally stay away from people like that.
I think one of the coolest things you can do is disappear for a while, because it gives you the chance to re-emerge. To sort of pounce out of the jungle.
I'm just going to put out three or four releases a year and make it so that if you like the Desert Sessions, then you'll definitely like everything else.
I got into guitar because no parent will buy their eight-year-old kid drums unless they're divorced and trying to get back at their wife. You know what I mean?
The expression of this idea is Queens of the Stone Age, but the idea is that you will never slack on the music and will always humble yourself at the alter of Rock.
If I was just in one band, I would have a problem with the amount of time between records because I don't want to wave one flag. I just want to be part of something cool.
People think that when they're playing it safe, they're trying to preserve what they have, but there is no preservation of what you have in music. There's no safety in music.
I look at my career as a body of work, not just Queens of the Stone Age records. I'm in Eagles of Death Metal, I'm in Them Crooked Vultures; I make records with other people.
All I really care about is that I'm being honest and I'm real and I'm coming from a real place. There's a part of me that's a total cad and a part of me that's also a family man.
Looking for equality everywhere is a huge mistake because equals are terrible and boring. But a sense of fairness and justice is a totally different thing and a much more complex thing.
The first time Kyuss was about to get signed, they're like, 'We'd like to sign you!' and we just said, 'No! Forget it!' because we thought people were always trying to invade everything.
I've always had a sick sense of humor, and I've always wanted that to permeate the music because I don't take myself seriously. I take the music seriously, but I know I'm not God's gift to anyone except my mom.
I think the best thing I could ever teach my daughter is that she's not an object or a trophy, and that she can trust in herself and believe in herself and that you are not your things, and you are not your job.
When it's time to make music, that's about getting lost for me. To be a control freak is not half as good as being a freak who's casually in control. You're feeling around in the dark for something that feels good.