John Rzeznik Quotes

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John Rzeznik

Profession : Musician

Birth : December 5, 1965

Sometimes it doesn't feel like I'm in control but that I'm going along for the ride. And I'm a lousy passenger; I love to drive.

John Rzeznik

As a society, when you have your mortality slapped in your face, it changes you.

John Rzeznik

I just want my daughter to be respectful and nice to people. I want her to understand the importance of being humble.

John Rzeznik

In my family, my earliest memory of you get out of line is - BAM! It was a lot of corporal punishment. But you can't do that.

John Rzeznik

I don't want people messing with my sound, my stuff.

John Rzeznik

I want to cultivate my own sound in my own atmosphere, where the clock is not running.

John Rzeznik

I need a long, cold winter.

John Rzeznik

Just call us the band that wouldn't die.

John Rzeznik

It's really weird how the rock world is quickly becoming like the jazz world. How if you do OK, or get a tiny bit of success, that's considered a sellout, whether you did anything different or not.

John Rzeznik

I think people get a little resentful when they were there at the beginning, when they supported you when you played in front of nobody - which we still do. They get a little resentful when they have to share with new people. That's why I want to really look out for the people who've been with us from the beginning.

John Rzeznik

We're doing everything we can to help bands from Buffalo.

John Rzeznik

When KROQ played 'Name,' that was the turning point for us.

John Rzeznik

You can hate my band, I really don't care what your opinion is.

John Rzeznik

For me, social media is a one-way deal. It's like all the traffic goes one direction and I don't care how many people follow me, I don't care how many people like what I do, give me a thumbs up or whatever it is. I am here to share a piece of information that I've decided is relevant to our relationship as musician and audience member.

John Rzeznik

The first guitar I ever owned was a Kay SG copy. That cost like $35. Man, that was a terrible guitar.

John Rzeznik

There was always a guitar hanging around the house when I was a kid. It was a much lower impact instrument than me playing the drums, which is what I really wanted to do. My mother put a stop to the drumming.

John Rzeznik

Punk was key to the early part of me playing guitar. I was really into melodic punk-rock. I related to punk more than Lynyrd Skynyrd or Yes or Van Halen.

John Rzeznik

I got into alternative rock in the early 80s, bands like Husker Du and The Replacements. Bob Mould's playing was a huge influence. It was very heavy with a lot of open tunings, which was great because I played in trios, so I used open tunings to get a fuller sound.

John Rzeznik

The first record we made in three days. We literally stayed up for three days making the first album. It was crazy, crazy, crazy for us to do that. We couldn't believe anyone would give us a record deal. I look back on that record fondly but with just the slightest bit of a cringe.

John Rzeznik

I thought 'Gutterflower' was a really good record, but the album before that got so big that everyone expected us to go through that again.

John Rzeznik