Josh Homme Quotes

Josh Homme

Profession : Musician

Birth : May 17, 1973

Sometimes Queens' music is dark, but somehow it's ok to deliver it with a smile on your face because thing's are still going to kick in.

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I'm always looking for cool stuff to do because that's what we're supposed to do, ya know?

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I've always had a sick sense of humor, and I've always wanted that to permeate the music because I don't take myself seriously. I take the music seriously, but I know I'm not God's gift to anyone except my mom.

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I think everyone is trying to figure out who they are and their own thing.

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I like to move forward and notice things along the roadside that indicate where I should go.

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All I really care about is that I'm being honest and I'm real and I'm coming from a real place. There's a part of me that's a total cad and a part of me that's also a family man.

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I like to keep my feet on the sidewalk.

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Making people uncomfortable is one of my hobbies. I'm always hoping that half the people get the joke and the other half are the joke.

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Sometimes hard decisions have to be made, and sometimes wonderful decisions have to be made. You've got to be willing to make them all.

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Music is the only thing I've ever known that doesn't have any rules at all.

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If you're trying to do something different, you can't ask someone to help, because they'll want to make it not different.

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I think one of the coolest things you can do is disappear for a while, because it gives you the chance to re-emerge. To sort of pounce out of the jungle.

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Well, I think what's most important is the idea of something.

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So the thing is to put out music for music's sake.

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When you get sick and it's extended, you go through all these mental phases, and everyone handles them differently.

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I think I learned years ago when I went to Hawaii that you don't bring puka shells back. You've got to be careful of your vacation purchases.

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I felt really free, like I could do anything, because no one would know what to expect.

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You got to risk something to be able to give something, you know?

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Vinyl has gotten to the point where it's exclusively for the collector, I guess.

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The first record I bought was a Carl Perkins record, because I saw him at The Festival at Sandpoint, Idaho. I loved Elvis and I found out that he wrote 'Blue Suede Shoes'... so connecting that experience of going to see him play was pretty awesome. That's when I realised I wanted to play guitar.

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