People think that when they're playing it safe, they're trying to preserve what they have, but there is no preservation of what you have in music. There's no safety in music.
Music is the only thing I've ever known that doesn't have any rules at all.
Music's supposed to be real. When it really touches you, it's supposed to be real.
When you expect anything from music, you expect too much.
I felt really free, like I could do anything, because no one would know what to expect.
The problem is that music is selfish in that you need to make it for yourself, so that you can give it away, and those two things don't jive. I needed to find the right reason to play that had the magic and mystery and excitement that made me want to play in the first place.
The expression of this idea is Queens of the Stone Age, but the idea is that you will never slack on the music and will always humble yourself at the alter of Rock.
Really the topic of breakfast cereal is generally a very boring one.
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.
I'm always looking for cool stuff to do because that's what we're supposed to do, ya know?
Vinyl has gotten to the point where it's exclusively for the collector, I guess.
When it's time to make music, that's about getting lost for me. To be a control freak is not half as good as being a freak who's casually in control. You're feeling around in the dark for something that feels good.
Ultimately, words are only words, and its only the music that stands by itself.
So the thing is to put out music for music's sake.
Well, I think what's most important is the idea of something.
I asked my friend Greg Andersson to introduce me to people that can distribute my album.
I like to make the music that I really love. You're supposed to make your favorite music that no one else played, and I'd like to just keep it at that and not really change it at all.
Why would you choose being bitter over choosing to make music? Being bitter is gross. It doesn't amount to anything.
If you wanna be famous, then it's okay if the music is fake, because fame isn't real.