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I don't, consciously anyways, sort of listen to things with the idea of getting something from them that I can use.
You can go to any small town in America, there's going to be a metal fan there. You can't say that about post-rock.
To me, blues is more of a feel and a vibe, rather than sitting there and saying, 'Well, I'm gonna play bluesy now.'
You know what's a great song that will be stuck in your head if I say it? 'Single Ladies,' by Beyonce. Killer song.
Used to be all I'd want to learn was wisdom, trust and truth, now all I really want to learn is Forgiveness for you
I don't know how people do it these days - paparazzi and that kind of thing. That's something I can't even imagine.
There's always a bit of suspense about the particular way in which a given school year will get off to a bad start.
I think you should leave it up to the parent, because not all parents want to keep their children totally ignorant.
Just because somebody hears something you say, or reads something that you write, doesn't mean you've reached them.
The first time I tried to sing along with my guitar, everybody in the studio booed. They all said it wouldn't work.
At the same time, I definitely want to expand my fan base but not at the expense of prostituting my music or heart.
Rap music is just computerised crap. I listen to Top of the Pops and after three songs I feel like killing someone.
Everybody is worried about dying, but the cause of death is birth, so if you don't want to die, you don't get born!
Been stuck in airports, terrorized; sent to meetings, hypnotized; overexposed, commercialized. Handle me with care.
Yet ["One More Try" ] really seemed to connect with people, which is a wonderful thing and a marvelous coincidence.
The world is gonna try to clean you up, what the f**k you gonna do about it? You're gonna say, "I wanna stay ugly".
Hey, girls, you're beautiful. Don't look at those stupid magazines with sticklike models. Eat healthy and exercise.
I've been cataloguing samples for years, I have this massive library. Songs come out everyday so it's never ending.
I definitely was attracted to similar things in punk and science. They both depend on a healthy dose of skepticism.
Many a man wishes he were strong enough to tear a telephone book in half - especially if he has a teenage daughter.
Next to jazz music, there is nothing that lifts the spirit and strengthens the soul more than a good bowl of chili.
I got my heart broken. My spirit got shattered and mutilated. I will not be coming back from this. I don’t want to.
And I love the hate mail I get, the unsigned, misspelled letters I get telling me to go back to Russia or wherever.
I am very ambitious in a way, in that I'm not trying to be the richest guy or whatever. I just really like my work.
I'm reading a lot of poetry because it's a lot easier to dip in and dip out when you've got 10 minutes to yourself.
The Beatles were great; we know that. But we were trying to do a new thing. Why do we need to recreate the Sixties?
In some ways, Australian fans are more dedicated and more enthusiastic than some of our most loyal fans in the U.S.
I think it's nice to do work that is vaguely compromising to your health because it means you really care about it.
The easiest way I can describe what makes a pop song a pop song is that it's a song you want to hear over and over.
I've always been active in working out and taking care of myself. I've been running two miles a day since I was 18.
Nirvana was a band that led you somewhere, as opposed to all the grunge bands that began and ended with themselves.
For me, the lame part of the Sixties was the political part, the social part. The real part was the spiritual part.
Telephone message on his manager's answering machine shortly before dying of heroin overdose: I need help bad, man.
Really I'm just an actor. The only difference between me and those cats in Hollywood is that I write my own script.
I guess it would be if I wanted to, just lay back and predominantly write songs when I can't go on a stage anymore.
You're not the only one accused of hit and run. Tire tracks all across my back, well I can see you've had your fun.
It's up to the people. If they really want to keep it going, they'll keep it going... they'll appreciate the music.
The first thing I wanted to be was an actor, even before I wanted to be a singer, before I discovered I could sing.
If you just stop and think, baby, honey, love is a funny thing. Whatever you put in, thats what you expect to gain.
The thing about this band is that every member of the band is a song-writer so that takes some of the pressure off.
To me, punk is about being an individual and going against the grain and standing up and saying 'This is who I am'.
I'm kind of a hermit. Left to my own devices, I won't submerge myself in anything further afield than the driveway.
From a very young age, I was the kind of kid you can just put anywhere and I'd still find stuff to be stoked about.
We're all God. I'm not a god or the God, but we're all God and we're all potentially divine - and potentially evil.
You think you know me just because you know my name, think you've seen me 'cause you've seen every line on my face.
My background's working class. My parents had to work to make ends meet. We don't come from any sense of privilege.
For the first time in my career, I'm working in a fine-arts arena, so I'm finally getting some intelligent reviews.
If i can do just one tenth of the good Michael Jackson did for others, i can really make a difference in this world
I would be too self-conscious if I just thought of writing lyrics for a song. I have to trick myself into doing it.
There is plenty of people I'd love to collaborate with, would love to produce with, would love to write songs with.