Musician Quotes

My music is so often like a lullaby I write to myself to make sense of things I can't tie together, or things I've lost, or things I'll never have.

It's important to face down your demons.

It was a hard time for me to have a pure moment, to be present, to be here.

I've spent several years now with my head down.

I've always identified with the misfits.

I was not someone who participated in other people's castles.

I try to be the fixer of situations and I gravitate to people who are institutional misfits.

I think if it's not monumental, there's no point.

I have my share of insecurities, hopes and fears.

I find pleasure in things that are simple.

I don't think DIY is something that necessarily comes to mind when people hear Third Eye Blind, but that is completely how we've been from the beginning.

I don't really believe in palm readers and crystal balls and tarot cards, but I respond to the need for them.

But when our first album came out, I didn't think it was going to sell a lot of records.

But I'm not worried about seeking out the approval of others - that high school thing of joining the club.

Books stay with me and have shaped me and made huge impacts on my life.

Am I a rock star? Yeah, I guess.

A lot of people say I wouldn't have a down day, but you look at the music and there's real melancholy.

What we value about music and literature are the moments that they create in our minds when we encounter them.

I like people who have a pulse and aren't afraid to show it.

My music is my way to rearrange the world according to my own hopes.

I carry groceries home on the tank of my motorcycle.

I do not understand where the idea came from that opera is only for privileged people, I am as happy singing before 70,000 people at the Millennium Stadium, as I am in front of a few hundred in a small concert hall.

I do follow a version of the Dukan diet, but I don't follow it to the extreme so a lot of fish and vegetables. If I want chocolate I'll let myself have a bit of chocolate in moderation.

I did once shatter a chandelier. I was singing with my college choir in Wales. I was the soloist and I hit the high note and there was this massive bang and all this glass came down from the ceiling. I'd like that to be my party trick if I can perfect it.

I can't leave the studio until everything is as it should be. And I can't put a record out unless I am completely happy with it. I never want to be at a signing and hear my album playing and think, 'Oh no, I could have done that top note better.'

I am fussy, about my diet and straining my voice. I know, sounds a bit over the top. But I'm not as bad as I used to be. These days I don't drink alcohol for five days before a show - very dehydrating for the vocal cords, and all that acid reflux. I used to ban it for a fortnight. Nightmare.

I am a perfectionist.

I always want to give my best and do the best I can. I know when I have sung my best and when I haven't. There can be stresses and hassles with time travel and press attention. I just have to adapt and find a way of dealing with it.

I always choose songs that I have an emotional connection to, and I often feel myself getting very emotional when I sing.

Growing up with my family gave me some of my best memories. I'd like to have a family of my own - slip away for a bit and do nothing but spend those early years with my children.