Al Jourgensen Quotes

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Al Jourgensen

Profession : Musician

Birth : October 9, 1958

I've never seen the Osbournes, I've never seen Paris Hilton. I'd rather read than watch reality TV. I'd rather live life than watch somebody else living it.

Al Jourgensen

I get along great with all of my exes. That's really cool. That's a good sign.

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I'm a very reluctant frontman. I've seen reviews where they talk about my strong presence on stage, but it's nothing I do. It's like the person in a long grocery line who stands out because he's so agitated. He'll have presence, too.

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Ministry is just ZZ Top with technology.

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I just tell you what I feel. I go out there, you put a quarter on my tongue, twist my ear and I'll spit out some hit for you.

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Rock n' roll is for the young idiots, not an old fart like me.

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I hate bands that hang around, like, 10 years too long - they're like the drunk at a party you can't get rid of.

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It's typical of record companies. They sign you because you're unique, and then they want to put you in a mold so they can sell records.

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I don't think we have the right haircut or tattoos for politics.

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Being on stage is not creating, it's re-creating.

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I don't think I've ever done anything professionally.

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Today, if I could get a job, with face tattoos, being a professor, I would do that. I don't know what university would hire me, but that's my passion.

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Eventually, when I sell enough units, as they say in the record business, I will stop touring. I'll concentrate on what I like to do... stay in the studio.

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I'm done with industrial. Seriously, my iPod collection at home has no industrial music on it; it's strictly jazz, blues and country.

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You tell me one other person that graduated from Yale that is as inarticulate as Bush. Yale's a great school, and here's this idiot.

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Basically, an artist should be a mirror, or a reflection of society or his or her environment. What you see is what you can articulate.

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It's such a stupid thing to sign a band and then demand a hit right away to instantly recoup the money. The point is, you have to do it by building your own following, and that is not necessarily done by writing instant hits.

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When I'm done with something, I'm done. I don't go back and listen to and pine for my old albums, or the Lollapalooza days, or 'Psalm 69' selling millions of records. Maybe I'm really just getting old and mellow.

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I can't control what people think of me, and I stopped really caring a long time ago.

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I'd still prefer to do five nights at a club than one night at Allstate Arena.

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