Michael Stipe Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“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.”

“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.”

“When we first started, we were a band from Athens and that was so off the map.”

“But I think the one thing that I can say about us is that we're very consistent about certain things and part of that is our desire to do the very best work that we can and not rest on our laurels, or not allow formula to come into what we do.”

“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.”

“I really wanted to be on Six Feet Under as a corpse. That would be hysterical.”

“If you disagree with me, fine! Because that's the great thing about America, we can disagree!”

“I went through a period where I was really tired of seeing and reading about myself.”

“There was never a golden era of American radio as far as I can tell.”

“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.”