If you're gone...maybe it's time to come HOME!
                                                                                                                                                               
"This is America and a man can still have devient sex with his wife if he wants to."

"If you're hanging out on Michael's (Lippman) ranch, you can't feel rich yourself.  You start to realize the scope of things."

"I've got a new live-and-let-live policy on everyone.  Good luck man.  Have fun!"

"I'd been flirting with the melody for a long time.  And then after I met my wife, it became a love song:  You're pretty fucked-up and I'm pretty fucked-up, but it's going to be fun, and we can make this work." (about Bent)

"I'm going to sing something!  I better get onstage before they change their mind."

"MY BIG FAT Greek Wedding.  I didn't want to like it--I didn't want to buy the hype--but it's just funny.  It's a damn funny movie."

"It's one of those movies that'll still make you cry." (talking about the movie E.T.)

"He looked like my third grade English teacher--big head, long neck." (talking about E.T.)

"It's impossible to make a bad daiquiri."

"Everything Puerto Rican is conducive to getting drunk. I was there with Carlos Santana in the blazing heat and his band were drinking big bottles of scotch straight."

"My goal for Matchbox Twenty is to do well enough in Europe to be able to demand a blender on our rider."

"You want the bits of fruit sticking to your teeth so you know that you're drinking something different." (about daiquiri)

"It's not a manly drink but the beauty of a daiquiri is that you can drink as many as you like. You don't feel the alcohol coming on until you're back on the tour bus heading to the next city. At that point switch to beer. You're drunk and you won't care."

"He's the best f*cking guitar tech in the world...what the f*ck, what do you do again?"(talking about Tony Adams, a DRUM tech) (May 2, 2003 in Chicago)

"We're at that point in the show now where if you're not feeling good, there's nothing more we can do for you." (May 2, 2003 in Chicago)

"I KNOW all of you weren't there, because that many people don't FIT in f*ckin' Schuba's!"  (May 2, 2003 in Chicago)

"This is like song 12 and a half on the record."(talking about So Sad So Lonely) (May 2, 2003 in Chicago)

"Mr Cook, you've been a bad bad boy..." (May 2, 2003 in Chicago)

"I tried sniffing coke once but the ice cubes got stuck in my nose." (AHH!! LMAO!)

"As long as you guys are willing to sit in the rain we're gonna keep on playing! Are you with me baby?! Just start praying to the rain gods..."

"Now I'm angry, before I was not." (BTM 2002)

"Excuse me..I am sweating like a whore in church." (Boston May 11, 2003)

" I am fine..I'm not the one who broke my hand on a trash can though!" (referring to Paul) (Boston May 11, 2003)

Adam: Do we have any mother's here?  Do we have any daughters?
Rob:  What are you doing?
Adam: I'm looking to see who's a mother and who's single.
Rob: You're looking for the single mothers?!?"
(Boston May 11, 2003)

''I guess rock doesn't rate when it comes to basketball.  Of course, if I did like basketball, I'd be a Celtics fan.''

"Okay, I've got to ask - What's with the Pringles?"  (June 4, 2003 in Vancouver)

"There are two types of people in this world; ones that know it's okay to be a little fucked up, and ones who are still hiding." (6/4/2003 in Vancouver)

"I couldn't cancel on O-Town.  It is so good to be home. You give me the love that I need and you still have so much left. For the next couple of hours we're going to forget everything." (7/2/03 in Orlando)

"Thank you so much for all of your support, and we'll see you soon."

"We're the Dr. Phil of rock.  There's hopeful themes on this record, even with some of the titles 'Unwell' and 'Disease.' But even songs like 'Unwell,' they have a positive undertone to them."

                                                                                                                                                               
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