Never underestimate a dumb question.
BRANDON BOYDMusic has to be written while people are still excited about a particular melodic or rhythmic sequence. The idea doesn’t come out the same if we’re not really excited about it.
More Brandon Boyd Quotes
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On a more human level, the closest things to truths that I have been able to access are Love, Art, and Play.
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Men have a lot less to write about, unless you’re somebody like Tom Waits or John Lennon. And the female voice is much more suited to melody. Men have this barky thing – we’re domesticated apes with a microphone.
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The girl I find who wants to talk about quantum theory in a bar is the one I want to marry.
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I learned from a very young age that if I pursued the things that truly excited me, that they would reward in more important ways, like happiness.
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I actually believe ‘Sustainability ‘, as a concept, is one of the arteries leading to the heart of so many of our cultural transitions at play today. And it’s this concept which leads me to bottled water, and its multibillion dollar industry.
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Music has to be written while people are still excited about a particular melodic or rhythmic sequence. The idea doesn’t come out the same if we’re not really excited about it.
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I think I grew a grey watching you procrastinate.
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I haven’t had sex with many people in my life, and everyone just assumes that I’m good in bed!! I guess that’s a compliment.
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Britney Spears. Because she’s a girl, I wouldn’t smack her – I’d lock her in a closet with poisonous spiders or something. Let her think about what she’s doing to the youth culture of America.
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I think that there is something beautiful about mortality. It makes our decisions mean more.
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I have always idolized eccentric people.
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Music is a lot more like solving an intricate puzzle with moments of pure, random creative bliss… whereas painting is much more purely random creative bliss with moments of problem solving.
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Art is everywhere, and everywhere is art.
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Your music sounds better on the radio, for some reason. It’s an amazing feeling. I hope it never goes away.
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Female artists are the perfect example of a creator: They know how to make life and art with their bodies. Life comes from their bodies, so on a very basic level, they have more to write about.
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