Stephan Jenkins Quotes

There's usually a rhythm and a melody in my head, and that creates an emotional state.

That's what drew me to rock music in the first place - that sense of remaking the world on your own terms.

So I like that sound, but I am not interested in being retro.

Sex is funny and love is serious.

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.