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I'm not gonna do the same, tired, standard 'I was born in a log cabin...' kind of book. There's so much more I want to do.
We drank a toast to innocence, we drank a toast to now. And tried to reach beyond the emptiness, but neither one knew how.
Invite your enemies to sit down and join you. One small thing you say might give them food for though, and you will learn.
I've always been ready to embrace what's around the corner because it might be just the thing that I need to help me grow.
I think music should be tarted up, made into a prostitute, a parody of itself. It should be the clown, the Pierrot medium.
For me, gradually over the years, you refined your tastes in the way you do things and it becomes maybe less experimental.
Dub music is like a long echo delay, looping through time...turning the rational musical order into an ocean of sensation.
You can tune your guitar funky, and something's gonna come out. There's no secret to it - either you got it, or you don't.
When I play live, I jump around like an idiot for an hour-and-a-half or more under a lighting rig that's hotter than hell.
I always come across like I'm looking serious, but I just don't like smiling. Honestly, obviously I'm different in person.
I'm constantly seen as a 'foreigner,' and I need my passport to prove my identity, to keep moving and to carry on my work.
I get to see the world and try to make people happy. I'm very much of a wandering spirit, if you'll pardon the expression.
We're all born into this river without knowing how to swim, And eventually we learn how to keep this water under our chins
We live in such extreme times that I think we all have a responsibility to be aware of what's happening and talk about it.
I worked as a head cook at courthouses and high schools. I left it behind when I started getting into my music real heavy.
For me, ‘Dog Days’ symbolizes apocalyptic euphoria, chaotic freedom and running really, really fast with your eyes closed.
Things aren't always what they seem You're only seeing part of me There's more than you could ever know Behind the scenes.
I played piano for a lot of my childhood and stupidly quit. I wish I hadn't - I could have been a great classical pianist!
I never carry money, just like the real Queen. If I fancy something in a shop I always ask someone on our staff to buy it.
It destroys the soul to hear that you're all hype, that you have no talent, and that your whole career has been contrived.
I'll give up this sort of touring madness certainly, but music-everything is based on music. No, I'll never stop my music.
I play a little guitar, write a few tunes, make a few movies, but none of that's really me. The real me is something else.
After the first couple of years recording I did a lot of praying. I said, 'Lord, please give me a hit.' I want one so bad.
I have never thought about my sexuality being right or wrong. To me it has always been a case of finding the right person.
I'm just as insufferable and useless as every other dad is. The dynamic never changes, no matter what you do for a living.
I want some fact-based evidence about where we came from. Things we consider mysterious need not be attributed to a deity.
I've always had that feeling for the dark side, for the anger and the hate-rock. The music is just the way I deal with it.
When I'm feeling awful, music is the only thing that releases the pressure. It's been the best psychiatrist I've ever had.
Yes, I guess you could say I am a loner, but I feel more lonely in a crowed room with boring people than I feel on my own.
With age, life becomes complex and difficult, often fraught with risk on several levels, from the practical to the fiscal.
I always found the Chicago audience to be a smart, fast-moving, violent and cheerful lot, and it's always good to be back.
Pride is a thing that I have tried to abandon completely. Try as I might, pride still creeps into many of the things I do.
I guess I am famous in a way. I would rather consider it recognizable - I think that is more logical. I don't feel famous.
Hopefully, one enhances [when growing older] his sense of humor. As he approaches 50, he'll need all the humor he can get.
Most of the writers I like just intimidate and humble me but in that there's a good deal of inspiration to be had as well.
You'd be sick if you saw my adidas collection...you would be physically sick if you saw it. I'm not gonna say where it is.
Bleachers comes from a different place. It's personal. It's just me putting myself out there as myself. It's very intense.
I always thought that I might retire from any form of sexuality by the age of 40 and just become a dignified older person.
Sometimes the simplicity of just declaring who God is and the greatness of who He is... sometimes you just have to say it.
I think The Grateful Dead kind of represents the spirit of being able to go out and have an adventure in America at large.
I don't have nothing to regret at all in the past, except that I might've unintentionally hurt somebody else or something.
'Communication Breakdown' - it was punchy and direct, with a real attitude that was different to other bands going around.
I've been touring a lot, and I don't always know how to get around. Google Maps on the iPhone is pretty helpful with that.
Slipknot's not about who's in the band. It's a lifeblood. It's a force. It's about a connection between a bunch of people.
I do have a romantic interest in outlasting everybody else. There's a sort of sad machismo to singer-songwriters, I think.
I used to break three or four strings a night, and the show would be over because I didn't know how to change the strings.
In fact, many musicians are the happiest when the artist and audience re-interpret or re-imagine the content of the songs.
Nothing will stop me, and whether I'm here or wherever I may be, I'll always have the same feelings, I'll say what I feel.
I took some important things with me from sports. Rock and roll is a team sport. You're only as good as your weakest link.
I guess God has a sense of humor, when he had a man that wanted to start his life as a priest, end up marrying a preacher.