Josh Homme Quotes

By the time you get to your sixth record, some of the benefits of being in a band are grander than ever, but some of the obstacles are just massive. You deal with these lateral subjects, and all that is left is the elephant in the room. ~ Josh Homme

I know there are some labels that put out music for art's sake, but I don't know which ones. ~ Josh Homme

I think more people need to make out. ~ Josh Homme

I'm a fairly upbeat and happy guy, you know? I don't like people that feel sorry for themselves, and I traditionally stay away from people like that. ~ Josh Homme

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. ~ Josh Homme

Music's supposed to be real. When it really touches you, it's supposed to be real. ~ Josh Homme

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

I think part of what happens is that small labels want to get bigger. And bigger is not better. ~ Josh Homme

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

I look at my career as a body of work, not just Queens of the Stone Age records. I'm in Eagles of Death Metal, I'm in Them Crooked Vultures; I make records with other people. ~ Josh Homme

People don't want their actors acting like musicians. ~ Josh Homme

I have this coat that I got in a nefarious deal years ago. It's a Johnny Carson coat, and I've had it remade three times. It's mine all the time. Carson was a real man, and I thought, 'Coats for real men by real men? I'm in.' ~ Josh Homme

I've always heard music in my head since I was a little kid, so I've always played towards that. If I felt bad, that's what I did. ~ Josh Homme

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

Why would you choose being bitter over choosing to make music? Being bitter is gross. It doesn't amount to anything. ~ Josh Homme

I think if you play music and you join a scene you're already too late. ~ Josh Homme

Ultimately, words are only words, and its only the music that stands by itself. ~ Josh Homme

Sometimes you actually get caught in the web of things where people are talking about ... what kind of breakfast cereal you like. ~ Josh Homme

Guitar solos, to me, should be a really articulate way to make fun of guitar solos. ~ Josh Homme

You wanna be there for everybody, but it's just not possible. ~ Josh Homme

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. ~ Josh Homme

I think people get fixated on the example of an idea. ~ Josh Homme

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. ~ Josh Homme

Records don't have to be perfect. Everyone doesn't have to move left when everyone else moves left. I love hearing the mistakes. ~ Josh Homme

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

I don't mind saying what's on my mind. ~ Josh Homme

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

I think people believe I'm some kind of evil dictator sometimes. But I don't much care about that. ~ Josh Homme

I'm in three bands, and I love to produce records of other bands, and I have a family that I love. I wanted to be everything for everybody and do all of that ... I think I just really beat myself up until I got really sick and needed surgery, because it was physically manifesting itself. ~ Josh Homme

If you wanna be famous, then it's okay if the music is fake, because fame isn't real. ~ Josh Homme

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

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. ~ Josh Homme

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. ~ Josh Homme

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. ~ Josh Homme

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

I like when people take chances. ~ Josh Homme

I'm not politically correct; I never said I was. ~ Josh Homme

When you expect anything from music, you expect too much. ~ Josh Homme

I want something good to die for, to make it beautiful to live ~ Josh Homme

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

Looking for equality everywhere is a huge mistake because equals are terrible and boring. But a sense of fairness and justice is a totally different thing and a much more complex thing. ~ Josh Homme

I got into guitar because no parent will buy their eight-year-old kid drums unless they're divorced and trying to get back at their wife. You know what I mean? ~ Josh Homme

The first time Kyuss was about to get signed, they're like, 'We'd like to sign you!' and we just said, 'No! Forget it!' because we thought people were always trying to invade everything. ~ Josh Homme

I like to keep my feet on the sidewalk. ~ Josh Homme

Ask yourself
Will i burn in Hell?
Then write it down
and cast it in the well
There they are
The mob it cries for blood
To twist the tale
Into fore wood
Fan the flames
With a little lie
Then turn your cheek
Until the fire dies
The skin it peels
Like the truth, away
What it was
I will never say... ~ Joshua Homme

The language that we use now impacts on the ability to vote, it impacts on the marketplace; instead of making things clear, it makes it more confusing. I think we need to stop using neutral language and speak in straighter terms. So when you agree to something, you actually get what you agreed to in the first place. ~ Josh Homme

I don't think it's good to run on anger, but it's really great when that's the first couple of gallons in your tank - when you've had enough, and you're just pissed off enough to go for it. In a lot of ways, that sort of environment can be a catapult for a great situation. ~ Josh Homme

I think you can separate yourself from your fears. You know what you should do, and it's just scary to do it. But I'd hate to let the fact that I'm scared to do it make me not do it. It ends up defining you. Because the moves you make are then based on what you don't want to do. ~ Josh Homme

Really the topic of breakfast cereal is generally a very boring one. ~ Josh Homme

Right on time, sugar." Josh draped his arm around her shoulders and steered her through the lobby. "Traffic okay?"
"Yeah, except when that alien spaceship landed on I-90 and then all those crickets jumped out to perform Beethoven's Fifth on kazoos. Otherwise, clear sailing. ~ Jamie Farrell

Blue Boy proves that if you don't quite fit in, then you might as well stand out with as much wit, color and audacity as you can muster. ~ Josh Kilmer-Purcell

Jake's mouth found mine, his lips molding hot and soft to my own. His tongue tentatively tested the seal of my lips; I parted them and he pushed inside. It was startlingly sweet and achingly familiar, like finding harbor. ~ Josh Lanyon

Josh Hanagarne has an astonishing story to tell, and he does so with insight, humor, grace, and wonder. All human beings suffer and struggle. Through the lens of his own miraculous experiences, Mr. Hanagarne illuminates the path to joy and the infinite possibilities of transcendence. ~ Melanie Rae Thon

Well, I would tell Danny. I'd probably edit for Josh. That is if there was
anything worth editing.
"Joshua Roberts, you had better get your butt on the move!" Danny
hollered as he walked down the stairs.
I was nervously waiting for them to leave as I pretended to watch TV in
the front room.
"We're going to be late."
"So the hair crisis is under control I see."
"A stray hair will never win between a bottle of gel and a gay man," he
declared with a smile. "Joshua!"
"I'm coming. I'm coming."
I heard his sandals click on the stairs and I waited to see if the mental
image matched the real one. To my non surprise it did. ~ Kaitlin Scott

He's just ... " I tried, wanting to say "sweet" or "caring" or "funny" - because they're all totally true. But instead, I said, "He's just a normal boy."
"Hmph," Macey scoffed. "I know lots of normal boys."
I looked at her. "I don't. ~ Ally Carter

Trashy Women should probably exclusively date Garbage Men ~ Josh Stern

I'm not much of a water skier, my legs are too skinny for that, so I just try to tube and have fun, just ride. ~ Josh Turner

It's probably a bit of a power trip when you befriend somebody enough that they trust you to tell you things. ~ Josh Brolin

We can all agree that children are ugly. ~ Josh Lieb

It is easier to be virtuous than it is to appear so, and it pays better. ~ Josh Billings

I t was a well-known fact among Christian homeschoolers that public
schools were bastions of gangs, drugs, teen pregnancy, rap music, pop culture, secular humanism, witchcraft, and body piercings. ~ Josh Sundquist

People treat citizens like they're some kind of unreliable source, but citizens are data. They are a data set. ~ Josh Fox

I grew up nerdy, scrawny, playing video games, and getting picked on. ~ Josh Keaton

Guys are just too fast and too big in the NFL. ~ Josh Hopkins

I mean, the great thing about being an actor is you can investigate parts of your brain that might have otherwise gone dormant. ~ Josh Peck

Being Southern and being the guy I've been all my life, I've lived more on the lighter side of life. I have a dark side, but that's not where I come from. A lot of artists like to come from that. ~ Josh Holloway

I'm not a completely closed book; I'm a social person and if I see something worth sharing, I'm happy to do that. ~ Josh Duhamel

It's really hard to be poor in New York - I was really poor when I lived in New York. ~ Josh Radnor

You know what I like about you, Josh?"

"My way with small, vicious dogs?"

I snorted. "I like that you don't do that guy thing where you try and solve all my problems. Guys do that. Sometimes we just want to complain. That's it. We don't want advice. We just want you to listen. You're a good listener."

He fiddled with a coaster and his smile sank a little. "I would try and solve all your problems." His eyes came back up to mine. "If you wanted me to."

God, yes, I want you to. But you can't and you never will. ~ Abby Jimenez

Sekts and creeds ov religion, are like pocket compesses, good enuff tu pinte out the direction, but the nearer the pole yu git thewuss tha wurk. ~ Josh Billings

The reflexive allergy to L.A. that a lot of New Yorkers have, I feel like it's kind of nonsense. ~ Josh Radnor

In all honesty I think that I've had a very normal life, even though I've been making movies since I was 9. ~ Josh Hutcherson

I grew up like Huck Finn, always outdoors, exploring, collecting frogs - there was space everywhere. I want my kids to experience that too. I love being outside. ~ Josh Duhamel

Any enterprise of your own is a great enterprise. ~ Josh Becker

Well, I stopped drinking. That was actually a big deal. I didn't go through any harrowing rock-bottom experience. I just made a decision to stop drinking. ~ Josh Radnor

I love you," Jake whispered. "Are you strong enough for this?"
I made myself comfortable. Said over my shoulder, "Sure."
"Would you tell me if you weren't?"
I grinned. "Maybe. I can't think of a nicer way to commit suicide."
"That's good. I can't think of a more pleasant way to commit murder. ~ Josh Lanyon

I'm from Dallas, so I totally get the whole thing. I understand the history and on how big of a scale 'Dallas' was and still is. ~ Josh Henderson

Sometimes I don't want to go out and socialize; I just want to watch my favorite shows and comedians. But then I have to remember that it is important to participate in life if you want to portray real life on screen. ~ Josh Peck

It's going to happen, Josh. We just need to get it out of our systems. I think that's what it's all been building toward."

"You sound a little resigned."

"I can only apologize in advance for the things I'll do to you. ~ Sally Thorne

The library has a robust collection of what I call non-cuddly hate lit. This is one of my favorite things about working here: If you believe censorship is poison, here lies paradise. ~ Josh Hanagarne

To me, there's nothing greater than making people laugh. ~ Josh Peck

Nothing so simple nor yet so intense as a kiss between lovers. ~ Josh Lanyon

Growing up in the acting world, you have a lot of opportunities to change who you are and what you believe in based on how people treat you. I never wanted to do that. ~ Josh Hutcherson

The more we can get Washington out of the way, the stronger our economy and our country will be. ~ Josh Mandel

I think the notion of understanding each other is a relief. It's not a thing you get with everyone you hang out with. ~ Joshua Homme

Responsive Web Design always plays important role whenever going to promote your website. ~ Josh Wilson

As she does, she turns her hand over, lacing her fingers into mine. For as many nerve endings as I thought I had in my hand, I now realize there are a hundred times more. ~ Jay Asher