Musician Quotes

I think Ingmar Bergman, Francoise Truffaut - all these people created images in my mind, beautiful pictures, I loved what was known at that time as the foreign film.

I mean, I can sit down with a guitar, and in fact, we do two, three songs with just guitar and percussion.

I always went with my agenda, I just couldn't execute it.

Elvis was, at least the times I was around him, Elvis was a practical joker. He was always, had some little mischievous something going.

And unless you have that sense of being creative, people think you're just working all the time.

And I just remember, you know, breaking into tears and feeling so empty because, as long as Elvis was in the world, you always knew something was going and he always had something that kept everybody mesmerized.

And being away and not performing for a long time and really connecting with my audience for a long time, I have a great responsibility to myself and to them to do it exactly the way the process was when I was young.

Like millions of others, I have been plagued by the devastating effects of cancer hitting not one, but multiple members of my family.

I've realized that I love all forms of music and get excited when any artist goes crazy and creates something that is an experience.

I'm a huge stadium rock fan, but I'm also a fan of everything from Massive Attack to Peter Gabriel, U2, the Police, Radiohead, and Coldplay.

I used to get so jealous if my wife liked another band more than my own. Come to think of it, I still do.

I grew up skateboarding, but I don't even do that anymore.

Humor has become so cliche and boring that nothing's funny anymore unless it involves something totally disgusting that offends somebody or makes them feel really uncomfortable.

In ten years I will become president of the United States Of America.

I don't believe that I'm better than anybody, but I do believe that I'll try harder than most and I hope that people just join me for a little bit of a ride.

'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' is the best movie for a guy like me. A cerebral adventure. A moving story. A bunch of little green men.

My favorite thing is when cartoon fans show up to my live gigs! They are always the most kick-butt audience members 'cause they're not trying to act all cool like a lot of the music fans do!

Many thanks for all of the love and good wishes sent our way from my friends out there in cartoon land... the only place where a nine month pregnant woman can still play a hot goth chick in a belly shirt!

I was always talking in weird voices from the time I was two. I guess I just found a way to keep doing it! I did get a degree in theater and took some voice-over classes... but most of it is just the same stuff I was doing as a kid!

I hardly ever watch my own work. I just end up picking myself apart! I can't even stand to hear myself on voicemail. the sound of my own voice is like nails on a chalkboard. The same goes for my records.

I feel like my music is just an extension of my acting. I treat the songs like scenes that tell a story... it's very similar. My favorite thing is when cartoon fans show up to my live gigs! They are always the most kick-butt audience members 'cause they're not trying to act all cool like a lot of th

I did get a degree in theater and took some voice-over classes.

Somehow, it seems that the sadder a song is, the happier I feel. The release of emotions that many would label as 'negative' is actually a liberating process for me.

Playing in front of people is a lot different from playing in your room.

My dad didn't want me to play guitar. He played piano, so I chose that. And I ended up loving it.

It's not my goal to be a famous actor.

I'm very competitive, and my ego couldn't handle that lack of success.

I'm like a junkie for writing.

I was introduced to country music around a campfire on a farm.

I took a lot of time to open myself up to taking chances musically.