Punk rock really influenced me, the basic metal bands, Zeppelin, Stones and Floyd, and Southern rock bands. I think I was pretty well-rounded.
AL JOURGENSENI’ve been given a second chance in life, and I don’t want to let a minute go by without enjoying it.
More Al Jourgensen Quotes
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I like the collaborative effort of working with people.
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In the 70s, what thrash was there? Punk came on, and that was cool. But there was no thrash.
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I didn’t think I was going to have to do three, but the idiot kept getting reelected.
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I’d still prefer to do five nights at a club than one night at Allstate Arena.
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I’d rather live life than watch somebody else living it.
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I feel great. George W.Bush is leaving. We’re leaving. It’s all perfect timing.
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Rock n Roll Animal, the live album, is one of the greatest live albums out there. It was a huge influence on me.
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Jello’s Biafra kind of like my weird, retarded uncle. He’s part of the family.
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I’ve never seen the Osbournes, I’ve never seen Paris Hilton. I’d rather read than watch reality TV.
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I’m for Barack Obama. We gotta have the Muslim cell in there just to piss Rush Limbaugh and the right wing off.
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I just wanted to remind people that Ministry is actually a good rock band. We can do some party stuff, too.
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It started getting debilitating. I enjoy my music a lot better than my drugs.
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It certainly is gravy every day above ground right now, after kicking that heroin habit.
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Ian MacKaye was in London while I was living there. We both decided that even though we had very different lifestyles.
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We try to give the fans a bunch of free stuff, and then have them buy the record. Without buying the record, it doesn’t support your artist.
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We just did three albums in a row of shaking our fists in the air and yelling about George W.Bush and the government.
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Art is commenting on what’s going on around you in your life.
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He is making all of the white people scared only 3 out of 10 people really believe all the stuff that is being said by him.
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Without intermediate artists, music is what “American Idol” decides is great or made by the very poor, because Sharon Osbourne’s made everything free.
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Rock n roll is for the young idiots, not an old fart like me.
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No, we have to support our local artists. It’s just that simple. Otherwise, we will have no art.
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This rock thing got in the way of my teaching career.
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The more you think, the more you ruin things. Art has to come viscerally; otherwise, forget it.
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I’m still a recluse. I still hate everyone. I’m still a misanthrope.
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On dope and crack I passed away deader than a door knob But now I’m back
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Radiohead’s already got their yachts and mansions. Sharon Osbourne already has her empire
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