JOHN QUOTES - "It's better to have a pocket full of regrets than to never have lived." "If you write a cool, amazing song that you mean, and you go put your leather pants on and play it in front of people, that's okay. But if you put your leather pants on and stand in front of a mirror and say, 'Okay, I've got to write a song to fit these pants,' then you're in trouble." "It's such a thrill to perform live. You never know if you're going to get hit with a bottle or a bra." "I am the only guy in the world who has a self-help tattoo." "I can always tell how good a performance I had by how soaking wet I am, how many guitar strings I broke, and how fast I fall asleep." "You can't swim in the pool without splashing somebody sometimes. You know. And If you swim through a spot that's too warm you know something's wrong." "He held my head when I threw up in the toilet. He took me to the hospital to have my stomach pumped. He loaned me twenty bucks last night. He listens to all my lies and ignores me when I'm full of shit. And that's a big difference, if you know what I mean." (John's introduction of Robby) "You know you've made it when you have your own private stalker!" "There are two things you gotta learn how to say in life, thank you, and f--- you!" "I really believe that women have much easier access to their souls than men do. Because as men we're taught to wear masks, to drown our emotions in competition and making money. Now women are being forced to do that too. But I admire their capacity to bear their spirituality so much more deeply than men." "Whenever I get upset, I remember that it takes 42 muscles to frown and only 4 to stick up your middle finger." "My feeling is that inspiration is only a spark, which you then have to follow. And it generally lasts only for a moment. You get that spark, but then it requires work to build the fire." "What moved me most about the film was how it presented a metaphor of the defenses we develop to protect ourselves and how taking a leap or risk is so important to really live...to really be alive." (about "City of Angels") "Those songs weren't written to be hits; they were honest statements. When they became hits, it just validated the real feelings behind them." (about "Iris" and "Name") ROB QUOTES "When no one wants to talk to you, that it when you want to talk to everyone." "Y'know, Johnny waited 'til he was 32 to get his license, and now he thinks he's a real stunt driver." "If we had 15 more minutes..." (about their name) "Dude, we fight sometimes like you would never believe. We've chased each other down the block. I threw him down a staircase when his arm was broken." (about his fights with John) MIKE QUOTES "My karma and charisma brought fame to the band." "I like hitting stuff, everything else is overrated." (when asked about any hidden talents) "We're going into our next phase of artistic rock, so we don't need the lyrics anymore - the music speaks." "Do you know what it's like when your about to eat your nice roast beef sandwhich and there's this guy going 'Hey, Mike, check me out!' and dancing on your table?" - (on Johnny's private table dance) -- submitted by Kate 'Oooh...it's cold in here...my nipples are hard'~Johnny 'it was a california turkey'~Robby 'everybody was stuffed, drunk and passed out.'~Johnny 'we had to sit at the childrens table.'~Robby 'the grownups wouldn't let us eat with them.'~Johnny 'If you don't like my music fuck you, you know?'~Johnny 'Holy cow, here we are!'~Robby 'People ask us all the time "how long has the band been together?" and I say "romantically or musically?"'~Johnny 'The hippest of the hip don't come to see us anymore, but thats fine with me, 'cuz they were boring any way.'~Johnny You know how neurotic I am? I'm the only guy in the world who has a self-help tattoo!'~Johnny 'I don't know about this internet, it scares the shit outta me.'~Johnny 'I'm the short guy with red hair.'~Robby 'Gwyneth Paltrow kissed me on the cheek, and I took my shirt off in front of her - I don't think she liked that very much. She didn't take her shirt off, although I think my boobs are bigger than hers...'~Johnny 'We're going into our next phase of artistic rock, so we don't need the lyrics anymore - the music speaks.'~Mike 'It's strange that the media sometimes seems to put you on a pesdestal just so that they can get a clearer shot at you. They build you up to knock you down.'~Johnny 'All you can do is what you do, and do it as well as you can and keep asking yourself, 'Is this a) What I want to be doing, and b) Do I look like an idiot doing it?' If the answer to both questions is correct, on you go.'~Robby 'Look at them, most critics get 75 bucks to write an album review, I'd gladly give the 100 bucks if they'd shut up, and wouldn't write about us at all. '~ Johnny 'My songs are in millions, and millions, and millions of households whether they're on radio or not, that’s a brilliant victory.' ~ Robby 'Robby’s the brother I never wanted. '~ Johnny 'If life hands you a lemon, throw it at someone.' ~ Johnny 'We will be single-handedly responsible for bringing the magic of Pokemon over to Bosnia.' ~ Robby 'When you're making a record, you can listen to it in the studio and it sounds great, but you gotta make a cassette of it and put it in like a bad car stereo and make sure it sounds ok' ~ Mike 'I, like Madonna must re-invent myself with each new album.' ~ Johnny on why he changes his hair so much 'Playing new music, in front of people who've never heard it before? You might as well just take a crap onstage. People just look at you like, 'What the hell?'' ~ Robby 'They {Mike and Robby} know I'm outta my mind. I'm the most neurotic...I make Woody Allen look like Clint Eastwood.' ~ Johnny Thanks to dutb.tripod.com and www.oocities.org/creedgoo for these great quotes |
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