Mike Watt Quotes

#1. Mike Watt and I had the same teacher. Mr. Tanaka.

Krist Novoselic

#2. Punk is not really a style of music. It was more like a state of mind.

Mike Watt

#3. You need bad things to make good things. It's like with farming - if you want to grow a good crop, you need a lot of manure.

Mike Watt

#4. It is possible that blondes also prefer gentlemen.

Mamie Van Doren

#5. Imitation is being rewarded. They're learning that if you fit right in the mold, you get rewarded. Music is no longer a form of expression - it's a means to a lifestyle.

Mike Watt

#6. The only thing new is you finding out about something. Like nothing's really new, but you reinvent it for yourself and find your inner voice.

Mike Watt

#7. Hurts I have are my fault but I'm sure gonna learn from it and hopefully anyone reading this will too. the lesson: stay aware on a bicycle and look up the road in front of you at all times to make sure you can deal w/what's coming and the condition of the road you're gonna be rolling down!

Mike Watt

#8. A man living without conflicts, as if he never lives at all.

Confucius

#9. There was a thing during those times in the '80s where it was like Sex Pistols then Nirvana and nothing in between.

Mike Watt

#10. Baby boomers selling your rumors of their history, forcein' youth away from the truth of what's real today

Mike Watt

#11. Life is definitely not a rehearsal, this is it.

Mike Watt

#12. I think punk rock, especially for me, was a big middle finger to this whole talent thing.

Mike Watt

#13. While everyone was distracted, your mother set the place on fire. She is one fierce woman.

Susan Ee

#14. I have a little name. That's why people can remember it.

Mike Watt

#15. I like getting on my high horse. I look good on it. Like a knight ...

Dan Miller

#16. Fear is a great motivator. Look at what 9-11 has accomplished - My god. It's slammed the economy, It's - I can't even begin to detail all it's actually done, other than bring down the buildings and hit the Pentagon. It's stunned the entire nation.

Art Bell

#17. Nature is bent on new beginning
and death has not a chance of winning ...

Rosy Cole

#18. You know there was always a confusion that punk was a style of music.

Mike Watt

#19. I just like the insides of things and finding ways into microscopic worlds. There's also an element of control, taking things apart and putting them back together. It's a very tedious task. You can be alone and create a world for yourself.

Mackenzie Davis

#20. I wanna try and stay a student for life.

Mike Watt

#21. Athna, please meet the, uh ... Army of Awesome." Apollo arched a brow. "Or whatever they are calling themselves."
The goddess of wisdom, strategy, and a whole slew of other things inclined her head. "Nice title.

Jennifer L. Armentrout