John Rzeznik Quotes

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John Rzeznik

Profession : Musician

Birth : December 5, 1965

I've met very lonely people who have 10,000 friends on Facebook. And it's just not real. We've set up this artificial society in cyberspace. And that's supposed to be a community, like a real community. It's supposed to be where people go to get solace or friendship or have fun.

John Rzeznik

A little renovation and reinvention is a positive thing.

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I'm ashamed to say, but as a teen, there were times when I had to go to the church and get help.

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I was brought up by four older sisters, so there's trouble right there. We are Catholic, very religious, and that sort of colors my world and my music.

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There's a lot of shiny, pretty objects out there that when you actually touch them, they just fall apart. And it's like, you need to be authentic, you need to be yourself.

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Too many rockers put on the leather pants and shirt first. But if you write good songs, the pants and shirt will follow.

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The scary part of alcoholism and addiction and that is until a person is ready to stop, they're not gonna, and there's nothing anyone can do. There's nothing anyone can say or do. And the unfortunate part is sometimes people die because of that.

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I didn't think about having kids until like I was 48, 49 years old.

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I like George Will, I don't agree with him particularly, but he's probably the smartest conservative out there.

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I think about my daughter when I'm doing stuff, and I want to see it through her eyes, and I want her to be proud of me, for what I do.

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I don't want to raise someone who feels entitled.

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Everybody was a democrat where we grew up. It was a blue-collar town and the democrats represented the working class and the unions. But very, very super-conservative Catholic, very proud immigrant community, very stoic.

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I like Valentine's Day. It's fun.

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When I'm afraid of something, I'm going at it twice as hard. I don't believe any fear can be conquered by avoiding it.

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One of the things about live music that's so incredibly important and can't be replaced and automated is the common focus of a room full of people having that human contact and being immersed in the sensory overload of a rock concert.

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Whether you are happy or miserable is completely a choice.

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I was a bartender, a hot-dog vendor, a cook, sold magazine subscriptions.

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I had good parents, and even though they weren't around, they were always an influence on me.

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I just feel really lucky to have had some hits because we had a lot of time where we didn't have them. It's better to have a hit. You can ask anyone - U2, Green Day - and they'll tell you the same thing.

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John Shanks is probably the biggest workaholic I've ever met in my life.

John Rzeznik