Top 100 Urie Quotes
#1. I like to put wings on my mythical creatures, because I've always wanted to be able to fly! That's a dream of mine.
Brendon Urie
#3. A good role comes along, and a good role is a good role.
Michael Urie
#4. I've always wanted to do a cutesy little song with a guy and girl singing back and forth and thought that Regina Spektor would be kind of cool for that. I love her voice. She's an amazing musician.
Brendon Urie
#5. I've done a collaboration with Action Bronson, which is, like, the coolest thing I've done so far.
Brendon Urie
#6. There's always a bit of nerves that come with expectations and new situations.
Brendon Urie
#10. I've always been that person: If it gets into my head, I've got to do it until I get it perfect - a perfectionist's attitude.
Brendon Urie
#11. Don't feel you have to stick to plans, because something better might come up; and try to blend in, because you see more. I've learnt that the principles of moving around a big city are the same everywhere; only the people and streets are different.
Michael Urie
#12. Before I had a steady job, I was broke, and I didn't have any money to buy anything, so I would illegally download stuff.
Brendon Urie
#14. I really miss wearing costumes and makeup.
Brendon Urie
#15. My favorite electric guitar would have to be my Duesenberg. I've named her 'Dolores,' and she sings like an operatic menace.
Brendon Urie
#17. What I love is getting polarized opinions.
Brendon Urie
#18. We perform the show for the people that are in the room and then that performance is theirs forever and ever.
Michael Urie
#19. I'm too precious to spend time on something that I'm not enjoying.
Brendon Urie
#20. From the first time I heard Bob Marley or even Sublime, I wanted to move out to California and be near the ocean, start surfing, start being a part of that whole thing.
Brendon Urie
#21. I recorded 'The End of All Things' right before I married my now wife. We had no vows publicly, so I wrote her this song and told her, 'This is how I see our relationship.'
Brendon Urie
#22. I think some songs are better on vinyl. I would rather listen to it in a club! 80% of this album; put it on in a club and just rage! Play it super loud!
Brendon Urie
#23. In order to develop normally, a child requires progressively more complex joint activity with one or more adults who have an irrational emotional relationship with the child. Somebody's got to be crazy about that kid. That's number one. First, last and always.
Urie Bronfenbrenner
#24. I'm not the singer that I wish I was or that some people think I could be. I wish I had the pipes to just jump into musicals.
Michael Urie
#25. 'Miss Jackson' is about something that actually happened to me when I was younger. I hadn't really talked about it, and I felt that if I didn't, I would keep thinking about it; it would drive me crazy.
Brendon Urie
#26. I think, you know, when you're a teenager, sometimes your emotions are a little bit more drastic than maybe when you're in your 20s. You sort of level out a little bit.
Brendon Urie
#27. Every child needs at least one adult who is irrationally crazy about him or her.
Urie Bronfenbrenner
#28. I love every type of listening format, from MP3s to CDs to vinyl. There's something special about each one. It's a sign of the times. I love looking back, and even putting new music on vinyl - if it's right!
Brendon Urie
#29. You can create some soul out of something that's electronic or mechanical.
Brendon Urie
#30. It's cool to be different and just be who you are and shock people in a good way.
Brendon Urie
#31. Particular attention should be given to the opportunities which the environment presents or precludes for involvement of children with persons both older and younger than themselves.
Urie Bronfenbrenner
#32. I'm not starting my own religion, I'm not preaching, and I'm not starting a church of any kind, but I love being able to accumulate so many experiences over the years and use that as ammunition for what I truly believe in.
Brendon Urie
#33. Synthesizers were looked at as stealing the soul of music, but then there were these new bands who used it to contradict that idea.
Brendon Urie
#34. I guess if I had to classify myself, I'd say I'm straight.
Brendon Urie
#35. I think a lot of women would like to eat like a man, especially on a date. But they're probably afraid to. But a guy would love to see a woman with a healthy appetite. They love seeing women with a healthy appetite.
Michael Urie
#36. I don't go anywhere without my iPod, laptop and at least one book.
Michael Urie
#37. I was a maniac as a teenager; I'm not going to sugarcoat it. I was crazy.
Brendon Urie
#38. From an acting perspective, I would say that you should always try to make your own stuff. Always be ambitious about your own projects and always know better than anyone else what you're good at.
Michael Urie
#39. I like having that juxtaposition where you can have a very triumphant sounding song and then throw in all this crazy imagery. That's part of the fun of writing, you know?
Brendon Urie
#40. If you truly, truly want the rainbow, you've just gotta put up with the fucking rain. That's really it.
Brendon Urie
#41. I really like musicals - 'The Music Man,' 'Oklahoma!,' 'Li'l Abner,' 'Annie Get Your Gun.'
Brendon Urie
#42. When I wrote a song, it would have to be from something I was really excited about, or a melody that's been haunting me for weeks, or a message I wanted to convey lyrically. So it would have to start from something I felt very strongly about.
Brendon Urie
#43. I like surprising myself. I don't want to do the norm, do what I'm always known to do, write how I like to write.
Brendon Urie
#44. I know I'm not a buff dude in any sense, but I'm more than comfortable with my body.
Brendon Urie
#45. I have a room dedicated to music and recording. I go there first thing in the morning and just before I go to bed. And it has a window to my street, so I can watch all the crazies walking by.
Brendon Urie
#46. I haven't mowed a lawn in quite a while, but I remember hating that when I was growing up. To please Dad, you have to get it right, and that's the thing. You have to please Dad.
Brendon Urie
#47. There is no more critical indicator of the future of a society than the character, competence, and integrity of its youth.
Urie Bronfenbrenner
#48. You don't have to be angry, you don't have to be too cool for school. You can just have a good time and dance like no one's watching. Just enjoy life.
Brendon Urie
#49. The future should be exciting, you know? It shouldn't be a nerve-wracking experience.
Brendon Urie
#50. I find myself being attracted to dudes all the time. I'm like, 'Wow, that's a beautiful man.' There's no shame in it; that's how I feel.
Brendon Urie
#51. Luckily, my wife is amazing. She's one of the few people in my life I'm completely honest with. I've told her everything about my past. She knows me inside and out. There's no secrets at all.
Brendon Urie
#52. I was gonna be a cosmetologist. I didn't really want to. I wanted to be in a band. It kind of worked out.
Brendon Urie
#53. You can't really take a vinyl record player on a plane so you're not going to have the same experience, but if you walk yourself away and allow yourself to experience these different moments with music, you're so much richer in experience for that. That's what I believe.
Brendon Urie
#54. I wanted to talk about a lot of stuff that I've been through. Party-wise, it's taken me almost a decade to party enough to accumulate enough experiences that I could sing about and put in one song!
Brendon Urie
#55. Collaboration is when magic is made with more than one person. It's when more than one person finds common ground on the same page. That's collaboration.
Michael Urie
#56. Music is always a healer. Music has never let me down. I know it's my religion. There's the idea that you can't truly know happiness until you know sadness, so how can you heal yourself unless you've hurt yourself? I'm still figuring out who I am, but I know that I'm not who I was.
Brendon Urie
#57. You can't just be a musician; you have to be an entertainer and perform and act just to hit the bar.
Brendon Urie
#58. One of the most frustrating parts about songwriting for me is production, but it makes me want to get better at it and ends up being one of the most rewarding parts of it.
Brendon Urie
#59. Hip hop is doing the new rock thing; there are no rules. They can do anything, really. And that's inspiring.
Brendon Urie
#60. I want to write something that celebrates life, that's fun to listen to.
Brendon Urie
#61. Some of my favourite record and album covers and stuff have all been the singer, and they create a character, and they dress up a little bit.
Brendon Urie
#62. When you have four people writing lyrics instead of one person, the lyrics are going to be a little more broad.
Brendon Urie
#63. All through my senior year, luckily, I didn't have too many hard classes, just a lot of electives. I was able to spend most of my time at the practice space.
Brendon Urie
#64. You don't have to be the same as anybody else, but you can support - just concerning human rights in general.
Brendon Urie
#65. Could I imagine being a piano? That'd be awesome. I'd throw a D-minor at you to make you sad, then an F-major to make you happy!
Brendon Urie
#66. I love being involved in all of the creative stuff; I love talking ideas with directors. Anyone with an imagination can create something fun.
Brendon Urie
#67. I love to surf. Hawaii has some of the best waves in the world, and the most consistent as well. That's always fun.
Brendon Urie
#69. I love going back to vinyl! I still have a great vinyl collection that I'm building up every couple of months. It's something I love to do.
Brendon Urie
#70. 'Victorious' for me was a chance to write a song exactly how I was feeling - I was feeling triumphant, I was feeling like I could do anything as long as I've got the people that I love by my side. We're gonna go out and conquer it, and party, and just be awesome.
Brendon Urie
#71. We're weird guys. I don't know if a lot of people get our humor. A lot of people probably think we're jerks. We're real sarcastic. Really ironic and stuff. We mean well, but we joke around probably a lot more than we should.
Brendon Urie
#72. Since I was a kid - youngest of five kids - I've always been starved for attention, like 'Look at me! Look at me! Look what I can do!'
Brendon Urie
#73. Having a very serious thematic element in the lyrics and then juxtaposing with something really triumphant and just a big beat to dance to is a nice contrast to having a dark message.
Brendon Urie
#74. I seriously love Cleveland. It's a great city.
Brendon Urie
#75. I go for cosmopolitan cities, and I like to be in the middle of everything.
Michael Urie
#76. I played trumpet in middle school, and then I had to get braces, so I had to stop playing trumpet and start playing drums.
Brendon Urie
#77. Playing in arenas, that's very non-personal with the crowd.
Brendon Urie
#78. We're just like you. Were not these older idols, you know, were just kids like you guys.
Brendon Urie
#79. With an older generation, there's some weight carried with the Beatles. There's almost like an untouchable, god-like force field around them.
Brendon Urie
#80. I've never considered myself a lyricist, but I have stuff to say.
Brendon Urie
#81. No society can long sustain itself unless its members have learned the sensitivities, motivations and skills involved in assisting and caring for other human beings.
Urie Bronfenbrenner
#82. What, are you mad? are you staring at me because my umbrella is more manly than yours is?
Brendon Urie
#83. The primary danger of the television screen lies not so much in the behavior it produces as the behavior it prevents-the talks, the games, the family activities and the arguments through which much of the child's learning takes place and his character is formed.
Urie Bronfenbrenner
#84. I guess a lot of people don't like talking.
Brendon Urie
#85. Development, it turns out, occurs through this process of progressively more complex exchange between a child and somebody else- especially somebody who's crazy about that child
Urie Bronfenbrenner
#86. I learned about being positive from my parents. They're the most positive people I've ever known.
Brendon Urie
#87. I have my mother's hips ... I have an apple bottom.
Brendon Urie
#88. Writing a song to be a single is hard, and I don't like to focus on that because you can get caught up in making something just terrible, which is really easy to do if you're focused on making it a single. It's more fun when you focus on what excites you musically.
Brendon Urie
#89. My favorite type of pet has always been a dog. They're loyal, kind, and offer endless affection. My friend Eric says, 'The more people I meet, the more I like my dog.' Funny thought.
Brendon Urie
#90. If I was a serial killer? How I would kill somebody? I'm actually a very compulsive person ... I'd chainsaw people.
Brendon Urie
#91. I'm a pretty good drummer. I'm pretty good at guitar, bass and piano. I can play accordion; I'm not virtuoso. I've played cello before. My sister played it, and I know how to play it, but I'm not the best. Violin is kind of the same thing.
Brendon Urie
#92. I just love making music, and I wouldn't want to stop.
Brendon Urie
#93. I don't have any pets, so I get to walk around the house naked. So I'm more free.
Brendon Urie
#94. I think it's healthy for bands to discover new, older stuff.
Brendon Urie
#95. I never try to avoid 'Ugly Betty' fans, as I love them.
Michael Urie
#96. I think anything you listen to is going to be different. You're going to listen to a song differently if you're just sitting around somewhere listening on your phone as opposed to sitting in a dark room listening to a vinyl album. It's going to be a totally different experience.
Brendon Urie
#99. I think the only festival I ever went to was Warped Tour.
Brendon Urie
#100. There's a little tagline in there that I throw out to our fans, I like to call them my sinners, and I'm a fellow sinner, and so I think that's a special little throw-out to them.
Brendon Urie
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