“I do want to make music that people love, but I also want to make music that I love. I know I can't please everyone with anything I do, so I don't think too much about how other people are going to take things.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantI CanToo MuchPlease Author:Rivers Cuomo
“I think there is a very subtle shift from the metal I grew up on to Weezer. I think the big shift was from a minor key to a major key. That made a huge difference in how it was perceived.” ThinkingMadeBigsDifferencesHugeKeysGrewMajorsGrew UpSubtleMetalsMinors Author:Rivers Cuomo
“I can't say I was consciously thinking of the big changes in the music business when I was writing the lyrics, but change, uncertainty, flux, impermanence - these are things I'm acutely aware of. And I enjoy facing it all.” ThinkingWritingEnjoyUncertaintyMusic BusinessImpermanence Author:Rivers Cuomo
“I find that I end up liking songs if I really have an idea of something I wat to write about-some problem in my life or something I want to work through; if I don't have something like that at the root of the song, then I think I end up not caring about it as much. I gravitate towards some kind of concept or idea or situation that I want to write about. Very often I have to write, rewrite and come at it from an opposite angle...and I end up writing the opposite song that I thought I was going to write.” IfsThinkingWantWritingKindIdeasEndsProblemSongSituationConceptsRootsOppositesCaringSongwritingAngleNot Caring Author:Rivers Cuomo
