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John Rzeznik
Profession : Musician
Birth : December 5, 1965
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I got really sick of playing just, like, 'Bop-bop-bop-bada-bop-bop-bada-rapa-pah.' Just playing that 190-beats-per-minute punk-rock songs, I didn't feel it anymore. And I always loved melody - when you looked back on those early records, there's always a hook buried in there somewhere.
John Rzeznik
Every day somebody comes up to me and says, 'That song really helped me through a difficult time,' or 'That's me and my wife's song' or 'This song means something to me because of... ' It's humbling to hear that. You're something special in someone's life, even if it is for three minutes.
John Rzeznik
I have this dreadful image of me driving down Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, with the windows rolled down, and our song comes on... and I'm sitting there listening to it and some guy pulls up next to me and thinks, 'Hey, it's that guy from the Goo Goo Dolls... he's listening to his own music. What a jerk!'
John Rzeznik
Everyone goes To L.A. to be noticed. I went there to be completely invisible.
John Rzeznik
I don't write a lot of fiction.
John Rzeznik
I hated high school.
John Rzeznik
I went to a vocational high school, which is where they basically train you to go out and dig ditches. You gotta learn a trade. Well, why do you gotta learn a trade? Because you're not smart enough to go to college. That was the underlying gist of it.
John Rzeznik
If people are spending money to hear us, they better go home happy.
John Rzeznik
I feel a whole lot of gratitude for having hits.
John Rzeznik
I've written songs everywhere, and I think the place does matter.
John Rzeznik
I'm not trying to chase a radio hit, but at a certain time, you can't make the same album over and over.
John Rzeznik
Usually albums are frontloaded with singles.
John Rzeznik
I wouldn't start writing songs like 'Name' all the time just because I thought that's what people wanted to hear. I'll write a song in the same vein because it's what I want to write.
John Rzeznik
At its best, MTV puts a face to the names, if you know what I mean. I think if you can take the expression of a song much farther, that's great. And it's one of the only outlets there is for artistic filmmaking. But it's a double-edged sword. At it's worst, MTV is just a lot of TV commercials for songs.
John Rzeznik
Having a collection of regrets when you hit your 40s is part of the deal.
John Rzeznik
Yeah, I really like that band Deerhunter a lot.
John Rzeznik
I really love Tegan and Sara.
John Rzeznik
I really love Death Cab.
John Rzeznik
A live show is something that can never ever be duplicated on a computer.
John Rzeznik
As soon as we finish a tour, I think, 'Oh my god, I'm unemployed.' I swear to God, every time I'm not touring, I hear my father yelling, 'You're unemployed if you're not working every day.'
John Rzeznik
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