John Rzeznik Quotes

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John Rzeznik

Profession : Musician

Birth : December 5, 1965

I no longer feel the pressure of trying to write hits for the radio anymore.

John Rzeznik

We were never hip, which is fine with me. We aren't that interested in that whole situation. But all the times how we tried and failed to get across in our music, we actually succeeded on 'Superstar Car Wash.'

John Rzeznik

I love the Smithsonian. I'm a real dork for that kind of stuff.

John Rzeznik

I enjoy watching Chris Matthews a lot. He reminds me of a throwback to the older school kind of pundits like Tim Russert.

John Rzeznik

I refuse to listen to Rush Limbaugh. I listen to a lot of conservative radio when I drive around in my car. I refuse to listen to him because he's just ridiculous, just a clown. I love Rachel Maddow obviously.

John Rzeznik

I write about everyday people, everyday lives.

John Rzeznik

We're living pretty interesting lives, we are traveling the world, we are going everywhere... it has been pretty cool! I'm so lucky to have been able to do all of that.

John Rzeznik

It's a crazy world!

John Rzeznik

Performing with a hologram in a three-dimensional world feels somewhat strange. But you know, the experience of playing live in a room full of people is most exciting, it's something that the social media has not been able to recreate. There's some kind of intensity about it, something that the social media doesn't capture.

John Rzeznik

I get nervous around famous people.

John Rzeznik

Our society's sort of turning into a two-class system, where... most of the wealth and privileges are being concentrated into the hands of fewer and fewer people. And there's the rest of us... that have to go out and work and struggle and live and die and try to find some happiness and contentment and security.

John Rzeznik

There's always those few people that are like, 'Why don't you play any of the material off your first two records?' And I'm like, 'For the same reason that I don't play with G.I. Joe dolls anymore.' It's like, 'I'm a grown-up.' I wrote that music when I was a kid.

John Rzeznik

I'm one of those guys who always has that kind of underlying anxiety kind of always creeping around in the background.

John Rzeznik

I made a deadline for myself that if I wasn't earning a living being a musician by 'A Boy Named Goo,' I was going to get back to school, get a degree, and go on with my life - and enjoy the memories I had.

John Rzeznik

I think we'd sold a couple hundred records with our first album, maybe 1,000 at the most.

John Rzeznik

I have this morbid fascination with being completely alienated from everybody, and a lot of the time I really do feel that way.

John Rzeznik

It's nice to see bands you could see at a bar finally get a chance.

John Rzeznik

We started the band when I was about 19 or 20. At that age, it would have been kind of hard to imagine a lot of the stuff that I've written. We were playing garage rock. I wanted to dash out three chords and scream. But if you do that for 20 years, what's the point?

John Rzeznik

If you go back and listen to the album 'Name' was on, there were a lot of garage songs on it.

John Rzeznik

I've taken a lot of crap. That's just the way life is. There are going to be writers who like you and writers who despise you.

John Rzeznik