Joshua Homme Quotes

#1. Independent minded girls that are naked sounds like a great start to something.

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#2. I think music is a selfish masturbatory event - for the listener, the maker, the candlestick ... maker.

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#3. Banks are kinda cool, you put some money in there. It should be kinda vaguely sexy, but it's not.

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#4. I'm not a militant, drug-taking freak! I'm sensitive.

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#5. I've been playing live gigs since I was 13. I really don't know how to do anything else, and please God strike me down.

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#6. I break my back for music because it's something that I love, but I'm not going to break my back for a bank. I wouldn't want to be an ATM repairman; there are some things that just aren't worth it.

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#7. When you try to put everything into music, there's no room left to try to make you think we're cool. We know you think we're cool.

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#8. A homemade affair that's just in time for Halloween.

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#9. Foolishly play with the fires of rumor, only to risk being burned by its treacherous flames.

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#10. I hate that sense of entitlement or the sense of business crawling into playing music.

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#11. Sometimes you've got to draw a line between having all the options and being a slave to the things, using them every time you play the guitar. I'm trying to keep a real inconsistency to the pedals so that it is something new every time.

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#12. I write about my life and the lives of people around me and situations, and the idea's for each record to try to make you a better person, to understand the life that you lead more.

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#13. Records don't have to be perfect.

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#14. The music as a whole is selfish, but the musicians aren't," "The song may go on forever but it's not about competition within the band; it's about playing as a band.

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#15. I think the notion of understanding each other is a relief. It's not a thing you get with everyone you hang out with.

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#16. After all, nothing helps to write lyrics more than to mess around with the language.

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