Mike Shinoda Quotes & Sayings

“Who can't relate to the idea of leaving one chapter behind and moving on to the next?”

“Go find something that you haven't done before. Don't do the same thing over and over again.”

“When we started the band, it was because we were waiting for a sound that never happened. We got tired of waiting, and we decided to just do it ourselves.”

“I like sneakers. I guess I could call myself a collector.”

“I liked the piano. I always liked playing. I just hated homework.”

“As a creative person you just get an idea in your head, and sometimes you just can't shake it off.”

“I spent ten years playing classical piano, and that was what led to keyboards and eventually to production and to Linkin Park.”

“I remember being a little kid sitting in the living room with my brother and some friends from around the neighborhood, and I would sit at the piano and as they were running around the room doing different things and being silly, acting out, I would actually play the score for it - the music that went along with it.”

“I'd rather get up early and go out and do something than stay up late and screw up my body.”

“We have people in the band who don't drink or do drugs... some of us like to go sightseeing.”