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I love to sing old Motown songs to myself, or some Patti Smith Edith Piaf or Billie Holiday. That gets me in the mood for singing.
You want to know the secret of life? It is to breathe in and out. And the mystery of life? You never know when it is going to end.
Drugs and sex go hand in hand when you're a rock and roll musician. Whereas if I were a violinist, it might be a little different.
Axl and I came from completely different backgrounds. Because of that we made an interesting pair trying to figure each other out.
Think, just blink and I made...a million rhymes. Just imagine if you blinked...a million times. Damn, I'd be paid...I got it made.
I think that there is always room for improvement so I am seeking to reach as far as I can in my field of art, film and animation.
I called the great French violinist Jean-Luc Ponty and I said 'So, who's the new cat? Who's got the stuff? And he said Zach Brock.
I would be happy to produce groups, like John Cale - he was in the Velvet Underground, and then he went on to produce these bands.
Music, at its essence, is what gives us memories. And the longer a song has existed in our lives, the more memories we have of it.
Raising awareness, changing the marketplace, effecting spiritual change - whatever it is that you decide is your thing, go for it.
I walked to Seward School first through fourth grade. It's just amazing to me now that we'd walk down 10th Avenue on Capitol Hill.
The head of state Has called for me by name But I don't have time for him It's gonna be a glorious day I feel my luck could change
Buddhism has become a socially recognized religious philosophy for Americans, whereas it used to be considered an exotic religion.
I'm not an anti-online person. I get what the modern world's about and I understand that that's the nature of music dissemination.
I'm super serious about that stuff. I mean, it's rare that I sit down at a drum set when I'm not touring, because we tour so much.
I think metal fans are more loyal than other fans, and they are often more inclined to collect the albums of their favorite bands.
I want to be a worshiper with that heart-desperate to be as close to my Savior as possible, and following his every move and step.
I'm in this band to give volume to various struggles throughout the world. To me, the tension in this band is a minimal sacrifice.
Success means different things to different people. To me, the greatest quality of successful human beings is the ability to love.
Doing something that is productive is a great way to alleviate emotional stress. Get your mind doing something that is productive.
I've learned a lot of tricks from working with a lot of great producers over the years, and I think I should write a book about it!
I wouldn't not listen to something because it was country. I usually listen to stuff that friends give me, if I admire their taste.
You can't live in your own secluded world. If you're not on the Tube, on the bus doing normal things, how can you relate to people?
If I see a live show and it doesn't have the aspect of danger where it could potentially go wrong, it's not that interesting to me.
There are other tracks that are more reliant upon the beat. Like nobody's going to sit there and play "Harlem Shake" on the guitar!
I never had any expectations of winning a Grammy. It wasn't something I was set on, that I was hoping and praying and starving for.
The minute I stop singing, I'm back to being shy. I'm soft-spoken because I never really talked to people. I didn't learn to do it.
But why is it that in music, anything more than 5 years old - apart from a few hits - is never played on radio to the young public?
I'm not an upfront person. Being upfront is not my forte. I'm quite happy to stay in the back there with the drums, where I belong.
Rock and Roll is still asking people like me to live up to the old guard's concept of what success is but it doesn't mean anything.
There is something mighty suspicious about declaring an emergency for something that has yet to show itself to be a grand pandemic.
If you don't fit into this kind of like gossipy, trendy, Web-hit thingy, you're relegated to sort of second-class celebrity status.
[Bob] Dylan crashed his motorcycle in 1967, and almost died. A few years ago, he referred to the experience as a "transfiguration."
You got men who can't hold peace and women who can't control their tongues. The rich seduce the poor, and the old seduce the young.
You have to get up and plant the seed and see if it grows, but you cant just wait around, you have to water it and take care of it.
I'm actually an evangelical atheist, but there is something I recognise about religion: that it gives people a chance to surrender.
I do like Burial; he's so curiously clumsy, you can't help but be moved. It's so un-Hollywood, and the rhythms are so un-danceable.
When I finish something, I want it out that day. Pop music is like the daily paper. Its got to be there then, not six months later.
The first nine albums there was never a Synthesiser, never any Orchestra. There was never any other player except us on the albums.
The hard part was when I went into the studio with co-producer Eric Broucek, and he started slashing my demos. I always sweat that.
I just love music, so that's what I'm always working on, and I try to say yes a lot. Maybe I'm more ambitious than I thought I was.
[The Catholic religion] was something I carried with me, never forgot, brought into my music. And it's been in my music ever since.
And whether you're drawn to gospel music or church music or honky-tonk music, it informs your character and it informs your talent.
I am who I am, I am what I am, I do what I do and I ain't never gonna do it any different. I don't care who likes it and who don't.
I'm always trying to encourage people not to limit themselves in the same way that many of our parents stayed with one job forever.
I actually think that Republican administrations are better for music. The Reagan era was such a great era for punk and indie rock.
Sometimes when you look at somebody else's career or choices or family, there's almost a comfort in knowing there's another option.
People take things a little too personal. I write these songs, and they're experiments with thoughts. That's it. I'm not a teacher.
I think I prefer singing in falsetto. I like the way it sounds. It doesn't sound like my natural voice. It sounds like a character.
The reason there's no modern-day Shakespeare is because he didn't have anything to do except sit in a room with a candle and think.