“I hate that sense of entitlement or the sense of business crawling into playing music.” Quote by Joshua Homme
“I think music is a selfish masturbatory event - for the listener, the maker, the candlestick...maker.” ThinkingEventsMusic IsSelfishMakersListeners Author:Joshua Homme
“I got into guitar because no parent will buy their eight-year-old kid drums, unless they're divorced and trying to get back at their wife.” TryingYearsKidsParentWifeGuitarEightGet BackDivorced Author:Joshua Homme
“Banks are kinda cool, you put some money in there. It should be kinda vaguely sexy, but it's not.” ShouldSexy Author:Joshua Homme
“People think of songwriting as a very personal thing: A guy gets up there with an acoustic guitar and he sings his heart out, bares his soul.” PeopleThinkingHeartSoulGuyGuitarGet UpSongwritingAcousticsPersonal ThingsAcoustic Guitar Author:Craig Finn
“My style of lyric-writing is very specific and has a lot of details, and I think people react most to that.” PeopleThinkingWritingStyleDetails Author:Craig Finn
“When you get into rock 'n' roll myths, like that Rod Stewart blew his whole band and had to get his stomach pumped, it's ridiculous, but everyone's heard it.” WholeHeardRocksBandMythRidiculousStomachRock N Roll Author:Craig Finn
“The critics and hardcore music fans, those are the people you have to get to first, so we're really happy about it.” PeopleFirstsFansCriticsReally HappyHardcoreMusic Fans Author:Craig Finn
“I graduated high school in 1989, and there was no alternative rock radio, and there wasn't really good college radio you could get on a car stereo. Once you get a car at that age, you're spending all the time you can away from home, sometimes just driving around aimlessly. Listening, or not even listening, but subconsciously soaking up this classic rock barrage.” SometimesHomeAgeSchoolRocksCarCollegeListeningHigh SchoolRadioSpendingDrivingAlternativesClassicAway From HomeSoakingClassic RockGood CollegeAlternative Rock Author:Craig Finn
“I can still sing most Eagles songs, even though I never bought a record and never liked the band.” StillsI CanSongRecordsBandEagles Author:Craig Finn
“The Catholic influence just comes from being raised Catholic, going to church every Sunday, being confirmed, going to church on holy days. So it's coming from where I am. It serves the purpose of having people who have a base or foundation where they know what's right.” PeopleKnowsPurposeChurchInfluenceHolyCatholicFoundationRaisedSundayGoing To ChurchHoly Days Author:Craig Finn