I'm not a fighter by nature, but, if I believe in something, I stand up for it.

My fans are flawless as long as you ride with me i will always be there for you

I opened my Eyes one day and noticed that the world is full of beautiful girls.

Don't say I'm not talented. If you haven't noticed, I wasn't made. I was found.

We try to live as normal a life as we can, but it can be overwhelming at times.

I love the way Lady Gaga finds humour in fashion, but it's still very stylised.

But whenever history is in the making, there's some kind of intangible feeling.

If you're really a mean person you're going to come back as a fly and eat poop.

In any moment, I guess we could whip out a guitar and start playing old school.

I had some real health complications with my HRT - hormone replacement therapy.

I haven't read anything but regurgitated rumors. Nothing new, and nothing true.

A lot of power-pop comes out of LA, a lot of speed metal comes out of New York.

Well, that's the secret of commerciality, a simple style and you stick with it.

You can't watch 'Dr. Strangelove' with commercials. That would be sacrilegious.

We are built with a passion in our heart for the things that we're meant to do.

It is really hard to write something high-energy and upbeat on acoustic guitar.

Arcade Fire seems to be doing very well; certainly, Phoenix is doing very well.

There's something extremely fragile about musicians, and that's their strength.

I've made love to my mother, killed my father, and my brother. What am I to do?

Underachievers of the world unite, you have nothing to lose except your fright.

To be a flamboyant failure, that's better than being any kind of benign success

Hopefully, I'll be remembered as the person who brought an end to Christianity.

All the guys I know that play guitar are also secretly drummers and vice versa.

I think every band is a little cautious when the drummer starts to write tunes.

I love the way Pharell is laying down great drum tracks. He is a great drummer.

I’m sick and tired of life with no desire. I don’t want a flame, I want a fire.

When your name is on the marquee, you either get the glory or you get the hits.

Joe Satriani is a methodical, and structured, kind of guy - thank God for that.

The English press, are so nosy, and the English seem to love that eavesdropping

I turn over a lot of money for a lot of people and I'm the smallest fish in it.

I believe people are afraid to be still because we're used to being stimulated.

I, personally, have a lot of energy, so I don't see it as an immediate problem.

The Beatles and The Stones were basically inspired by American Rhythm and Blues

I ain't no entertainer, and ain't trying to be one. I am one thing, a musician.

It was Jimi Hendrix that I first got into when Betty Mabry turned me on to him.

Sorrow's child grieves not what has passed, but all the past still yet to come.

I love performing. I can get to be that person I always wanted to be - godlike.

If you took love out of the equation, I wouldn't know what else to write about.

Rock n' roll is dirty, and it's bad, and it's either clever or it's not clever.

True perfection has to be imperfect. I know that sounds foolish, but it's true.

I think the best post-breakup album is The Strokes' first album. It's just fun.

The '80s seem a real positive force. The '70s were deadening, in a lot of ways.

I don't blame it on the Hell's Angels. I blame it on the people who were there.

Everybody's talking about the President, we all chipped in for a bag of cement.

You've got to be a really straight man to write a song like 'It's Raining Men.'

I want to rid my heart of envy, and cleanse my soul of rage before I'm through.

Nor is it strange That after changes upon changes, we are more or less the same

When I'm dead, I wanna leave a body of work, like authors or great painters do.

I'm a bit of a tease. I'd make out with a lot of people but not go beyond that.

Shoe Suede Blues is ten years old this year. The Band consists of four members.

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