Josh Homme Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“You got to risk something to be able to give something, you know?”

“I have this coat that I got in a nefarious deal years ago. It's a Johnny Carson coat, and I've had it remade three times. It's mine all the time. Carson was a real man, and I thought, 'Coats for real men by real men? I'm in.'”

“If you're trying to do something different, you can't ask someone to help, because they'll want to make it not different.”

“Well, I think what's most important is the idea of something.”

“The problem is that music is selfish in that you need to make it for yourself, so that you can give it away, and those two things don't jive. I needed to find the right reason to play that had the magic and mystery and excitement that made me want to play in the first place.”

“Not everyone deserves to be a musician, you get lucky enough to be one.”

“By the time you get to your sixth record, some of the benefits of being in a band are grander than ever, but some of the obstacles are just massive. You deal with these lateral subjects, and all that is left is the elephant in the room.”

“I don't think it's good to run on anger, but it's really great when that's the first couple of gallons in your tank - when you've had enough, and you're just pissed off enough to go for it. In a lot of ways, that sort of environment can be a catapult for a great situation.”

“Why would you choose being bitter over choosing to make music? Being bitter is gross. It doesn't amount to anything.”

“I think everyone is trying to figure out who they are and their own thing.”