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Michael Stipe Quotes

We’re kind of an international phenomenon Picture Quote #1

So, when you divide the world into music lovers, music fans and then those people who are just very casual about their music, it’s wallpaper to them, it’s elevator music, it’s just the thing that’s playing in the background that helps them through their day Picture Quote #1

On planes I always cry. Something about altitude, the lack of oxygen and the bad movies. I cried over a St. Bernard movie once on a plane. That was really embarrassing Picture Quote #1

I really wanted to be on Six Feet Under as a corpse. That would be hysterical Picture Quote #1

But we’re very much an American band and that’s that. I think that’s part of the appeal outside of this country and it might be part of the reason people turned away from us within this country, because familiarity breeds contempt Picture Quote #1

Frankly I’m not great with heroin addicts. I tried heroin, but it was by accident. I’m not great with that level of substance abuse Picture Quote #1

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My feeling is that labels are for canned food... I am what I am - and I know what I am Picture Quote #1

Super casual music listeners. That’s most of the people in the world. And you have to understand, that’s why Top 40 radio exists. It’s not there for people who seek out music and who love music Picture Quote #1

We made part of the record in Miami, and I would go down to the beach, and not 20 feet from the water I see a fish that is at least seven feet long swimming close to the shore. I did not go back in the ocean the entire month Picture Quote #1

A wise man once said-‘the skill in attending a party is knowing when it’s time to leave,’ Picture Quote #1

Links have become the suburbs of the real world Picture Quote #1

The whole punk ethic was do-it-yourself, and I’ve always been very literal, especially as a kid. When they said that anybody can do this, I was like, ‘OK, that’s me.’ Picture Quote #1

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[Columbia House] magazines were how I found out about the punk world going on in New York. Because of what I read, at the age of 15, I hounded the local record store to order a copy of Horses [1975] for me by Patti Smith Picture Quote #1

Punk-rock records came out and you bought whatever you could find. But Devo didn’t happen for another three years. Sex Pistols didn’t tour the States until 78. At that time, for me, it was really about CBGB, Patti Smith, Talking Heads, the Ramones, and Television Picture Quote #1

I’ve always felt that sexuality is a really slippery thing. In this day and age, it tends to get categorized and labeled, and I think labels are for food. Canned food Picture Quote #1

By the time I was 18, I had absorbed punk rock from America, Britain, and the West Coast. All of it was so dark and weird and different and cool and hot and sexy and rebellious. It was a fist-in-the-air kind of rebellion that I wasn’t getting from the 70s mainstream Picture Quote #1

To be called an elder statesman is so unbelievably insulting. Brad Pitt is exactly three years younger than me Picture Quote #1

And I don’t expect anyone can bring about a revolution in the way that Bob Dylan did - and really didn’t - in the 1960s Picture Quote #1

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I am not an autobiographical writer. I’ll take little elements here and there from things that I’ve actually experienced-counting eyelashes on a sleeping beauty, for example Picture Quote #1

So, we just kind of created our own thing and that’s part of the beauty of Athens: is that it’s so off the map and there’s no way you could ever be the East Village or an L.A. scene or a San Francisco scene, that it just became its own thing Picture Quote #1

I’ve never written a song that’s hopeless. I’m not a hopeless person. I’m crazily optimistic. I crazily see the good in people. I crazily see the way out of a terrible situation. I crazily try to be the diplomat. If there are two warring factions in my life, I want them to agree to disagree at the very least Picture Quote #1

I was doing that [ a collaboration with Kurt Cobain] to try to save his life. The collaboration was me calling up as an excuse to reach out to this guy. He was in a really bad place Picture Quote #1

I simply constructed a project to try to snap Kurt [Cobain] out of a frame of mind. I sent him a plane ticket and a driver, and he tacked the plane ticket to the wall in the bedroom and the driver sat outside the house for 10 hours. Kurt wouldn’t come out and wouldn’t answer the phone Picture Quote #1

They always want me to play myself and that’s a big snooze Picture Quote #1

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I’m not homosexual, I’m not hetrosexual, I’m just sexual Picture Quote #1

Never eat broccoli when there are cameras around Picture Quote #1

The only thing to fear is fearlessness Picture Quote #1

Love, love will be my strongest weapon Picture Quote #1

When you meet a stranger, look at his shoes. Keep your money in your shoes Picture Quote #1

When I get really hammered I take my clothes off. That’s a sure sign. It’s been a long time since the last time I did that. Probably a year Picture Quote #1

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We’re kind of an international phenomenon (Michael Stipe Quotes) So, when you divide the world into music lovers, music fans and then those people who are just very casual about their music, it’s wallpaper to them, it’s elevator music, it’s just the thing that’s playing in the background that helps them through their day. (Michael Stipe Quotes) On planes I always cry. Something about altitude, the lack of oxygen and the bad movies. I cried over a St. Bernard movie once on a plane. That was really embarrassing (Michael Stipe Quotes) I really wanted to be on Six Feet Under as a corpse. That would be hysterical (Michael Stipe Quotes) But we’re very much an American band and that’s that. I think that’s part of the appeal outside of this country and it might be part of the reason people turned away from us within this country, because familiarity breeds contempt (Michael Stipe Quotes) Frankly I’m not great with heroin addicts. I tried heroin, but it was by accident. I’m not great with that level of substance abuse (Michael Stipe Quotes) My feeling is that labels are for canned food... I am what I am - and I know what I am (Michael Stipe Quotes) Super casual music listeners. That’s most of the people in the world. And you have to understand, that’s why Top 40 radio exists. It’s not there for people who seek out music and who love music (Michael Stipe Quotes) We made part of the record in Miami, and I would go down to the beach, and not 20 feet from the water I see a fish that is at least seven feet long swimming close to the shore. I did not go back in the ocean the entire month (Michael Stipe Quotes) A wise man once said-‘the skill in attending a party is knowing when it’s time to leave,’ (Michael Stipe Quotes) Links have become the suburbs of the real world (Michael Stipe Quotes) The whole punk ethic was do-it-yourself, and I’ve always been very literal, especially as a kid. When they said that anybody can do this, I was like, ‘OK, that’s me.’ (Michael Stipe Quotes) [Columbia House] magazines were how I found out about the punk world going on in New York. Because of what I read, at the age of 15, I hounded the local record store to order a copy of Horses [1975] for me by Patti Smith (Michael Stipe Quotes) Punk-rock records came out and you bought whatever you could find. But Devo didn’t happen for another three years. Sex Pistols didn’t tour the States until 78. At that time, for me, it was really about CBGB, Patti Smith, Talking Heads, the Ramones, and Television (Michael Stipe Quotes) I’ve always felt that sexuality is a really slippery thing. In this day and age, it tends to get categorized and labeled, and I think labels are for food. Canned food. (Michael Stipe Quotes) By the time I was 18, I had absorbed punk rock from America, Britain, and the West Coast. All of it was so dark and weird and different and cool and hot and sexy and rebellious. It was a fist-in-the-air kind of rebellion that I wasn’t getting from the 70s mainstream (Michael Stipe Quotes) To be called an elder statesman is so unbelievably insulting. Brad Pitt is exactly three years younger than me. (Michael Stipe Quotes) And I don’t expect anyone can bring about a revolution in the way that Bob Dylan did - and really didn’t - in the 1960s. (Michael Stipe Quotes) I am not an autobiographical writer. I’ll take little elements here and there from things that I’ve actually experienced-counting eyelashes on a sleeping beauty, for example (Michael Stipe Quotes) So, we just kind of created our own thing and that’s part of the beauty of Athens: is that it’s so off the map and there’s no way you could ever be the East Village or an L.A. scene or a San Francisco scene, that it just became its own thing. (Michael Stipe Quotes) I’ve never written a song that’s hopeless. I’m not a hopeless person. I’m crazily optimistic. I crazily see the good in people. I crazily see the way out of a terrible situation. I crazily try to be the diplomat. If there are two warring factions in my life, I want them to agree to disagree at the very least (Michael Stipe Quotes) I was doing that [ a collaboration with Kurt Cobain] to try to save his life. The collaboration was me calling up as an excuse to reach out to this guy. He was in a really bad place (Michael Stipe Quotes) I simply constructed a project to try to snap Kurt [Cobain] out of a frame of mind. I sent him a plane ticket and a driver, and he tacked the plane ticket to the wall in the bedroom and the driver sat outside the house for 10 hours. Kurt wouldn’t come out and wouldn’t answer the phone (Michael Stipe Quotes) They always want me to play myself and that’s a big snooze (Michael Stipe Quotes) I’m not homosexual, I’m not hetrosexual, I’m just sexual (Michael Stipe Quotes) Never eat broccoli when there are cameras around (Michael Stipe Quotes) The only thing to fear is fearlessness (Michael Stipe Quotes) Love, love will be my strongest weapon (Michael Stipe Quotes) When you meet a stranger, look at his shoes. Keep your money in your shoes (Michael Stipe Quotes) When I get really hammered I take my clothes off. That’s a sure sign. It’s been a long time since the last time I did that. Probably a year (Michael Stipe Quotes)

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