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Josh Homme Quotes

born 1973 United States

United States
Drummers
Guitarists
Libertarians
Music producers

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I think now is the best thing that you’ll ever get, and that’s all you’ll ever get.

You can't upstroke yourself into toughness.

"I want a new mistake, lose is more than hesitate."

Risk nothing, get nothing. If you wanna be famous, then it's OK if the music is fake, because fame isn't real.

Music is the best way that I know to say the things that are difficult to say in English. Words get in the way sometimes.

My favorite music is hooky, quirky, arty, dark, surprising, heavy, groovy, soft, emotional but not emo. It wears a sweater because it’s cold, not because it's stylistically there.

Music is never wrong. You might not like it, but it’s never wrong. It's such a great way of explaining stuff.

New Zealand interviewer: What's it like for you guys, has it been "sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll", that stuff?

Dave (Catching) played lap steel, a little guitar, keys and did a lot of drinking.

But the truth is, I don't have ADD. I have OKHY: OK, hell yeah.

"Punk fusion"… "metal", "alternative"… "grindcore". What the hell is all that stuff?

...but I'm also a father, a husband and a raging alcoholic...

Josh (footage): Y'all ready to see Foo Fighters?

But I like to be a real man because I have a son and a daughter and they should know what that's like. It's OK to not be macho. But it's not OK to be a pussy.

I THINK OF INTERSCOPE AND ALL THESE LABELS AS THE BIGGEST FUCKING IDIOTS ON THE PLANET. And print that in capitals, because they can’t do anything to me.

Well, I come from a long, long line of smartasses. Smartass is allergic to dumbass. It’s actually a physical allergy, as in you’re repulsed by dumbasses.

And the fact of the matter is that everyone should play music because it's such a beautiful gift. It's my religion. But maybe not everyone should play it in front of me. It's okay to play music in your rocking chair or whatever.

I am not a perfectionist at all. I love failure. I love mistakes. I love the bizarre. I love characters. I love missing teeth. I love beauty because your eyes are off-center. And how can you notice that in the buzz of the city? So I like the emptiness.

'Frayed not. (in response to a question on whether he considers The Fray an influence after they listed him as an influence)

I think that provided us to do it this time, because it's like okay, we've cleared that air, you know, we're friends and we respect that he's the best rock drummer in the world, you know. You can be as good, but you’re not better than Dave Grohl.

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Josh Homme (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.