Patrick Carney Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“The best way to catch my attention is to throw a Twinkie near my face.”

“The Midwest breeds funny, eccentric people, to varying degrees. You play shows not because you're expecting to get a record deal, but to do something fun outside of mowing lawns. Everything else is just gravy... Or mustard.”

“I can totally identify with the younger kids. I'll never do what Jon Spencer did to me when I was 16, though. I made a tape with my friends and I put it onstage right near his mic stand by the pedal board and he pulled it out with his foot, kicked it to the center of the stage, looked me in the eye and stomped it to pieces.”

“I see a lot of comments on Twitter and stuff about how ugly I am, how bad I am at the drums, how awkward I look, and I'm like, yeah, I agree with most of those things.”

“The idea of a streaming service, like Netflix for music, I'm not totally against it. It's just we won't put all of our music on it until there are enough subscribers for it to make sense.”

“I really don't have an ear for pitch. I can't sing at all, I can't hum melodies and I can't write riffs.”

“I was real into Devo, Pavement, Captain Beefheart, and the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion.”

“I'd literally rather hang out at the T.G.I. Friday's in New Jersey than tool around at a place that sells $40 cheeseburgers.”

“I had this fascination with four-track recorders when I was in high school.”

“Through the history of rock n' roll, you see lots of bands making the mistake of putting on the tights when they get to arenas. Don't do that.”