I'm not a death rocker, and I don't wear black.
I'm not a death rocker, and I don't wear black.
I'm not gay, but I wish I was just to piss off the homophobes.
I'm not gay, but I wish I was just to piss off the homophobes.
I never wanted to sing. I just wanted to play rhythm guitar - hide in the back and just play.
I never wanted to sing. I just wanted to play rhythm guitar - hide in the back and just play.
I didn't know how to deal with success. If there was a Rock Star 101, I would have liked to take it....
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I didn't know how to deal with success. If there was a Rock Star 101, I would have liked to take it. It might have helped me.
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None of you will ever know my true intent.
None of you will ever know my true intent.
I would like to get rid of the homophobes, racists and sexists in our audience. I know they're out t...
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I would like to get rid of the homophobes, racists and sexists in our audience. I know they're out there, and it really bothers me. So at this point I have a request for our fans: If any of you in any way hate homosexuals, people of a different color, or women, please do this one favor for us... Don't come to our shows and don't buy our records.
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I'm not well-read, but when I read, I read well.
I'm not well-read, but when I read, I read well.
If I went to jail, at least I wouldn't have to sign autographs.
If I went to jail, at least I wouldn't have to sign autographs.
[To 'Weird Al" Yankovic', when asked for permission to do a parody of "Smells Like Teen Spirit"] "It...
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[To 'Weird Al" Yankovic', when asked for permission to do a parody of "Smells Like Teen Spirit"] "It isn't going to be about food, is it?".
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"I stared into his eyes and told him that I thought he was a respectable human. I did tell him strai...
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"I stared into his eyes and told him that I thought he was a respectable human. I did tell him straight out that I think his band still sucks." - on his encounter with Pearl Jam lead singer Eddie Vedder.
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The music comes first. Lyrics are second. (When asked how he writes his songs.)
The music comes first. Lyrics are second. (When asked how he writes his songs.)
When I heard the Pixies for the first time, I connected with that band so heavily I should have been...
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When I heard the Pixies for the first time, I connected with that band so heavily I should have been in that band - or at least in a Pixies cover band.
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[on his Irish ancestry] They came from County Cork, which is a really weird coincidence, because whe...
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[on his Irish ancestry] They came from County Cork, which is a really weird coincidence, because when we toured Ireland, we played in Cork and the entire day I walked around in a daze. I'd never felt more spiritual in my life. It was the weirdest feeling and I have a friend who was with me who could testify to this. I was almost in tears the whole day. Since that tour, which was about two years ago, I've had a sense that I was from Ireland.
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I'd rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I am not.
I'd rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I am not.
It just so happens that there's a bunch of people that are concerned with what I have to say. I find...
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It just so happens that there's a bunch of people that are concerned with what I have to say. I find that frightening at times because I'm just as confused as most people.
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I think people who glamorize drugs are f**king *ssholes and if there's hell they'll go there.
I think people who glamorize drugs are f**king *ssholes and if there's hell they'll go there.
Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.
Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.