Joshua Homme Quotes & Sayings

After all, nothing helps to write lyrics more than to mess around with the language. — Joshua Homme

I think music is a selfish masturbatory event - for the listener, the maker, the candlestick ... maker. — Joshua Homme

Sometimes you've got to draw a line between having all the options and being a slave to the things, using them every time you play the guitar. I'm trying to keep a real inconsistency to the pedals so that it is something new every time. — Joshua Homme

Records don't have to be perfect. — Joshua Homme

I hate that sense of entitlement or the sense of business crawling into playing music. — Joshua Homme

The music as a whole is selfish, but the musicians aren't," "The song may go on forever but it's not about competition within the band; it's about playing as a band. — Joshua Homme

Independent minded girls that are naked sounds like a great start to something. — Joshua Homme

I write about my life and the lives of people around me and situations, and the idea's for each record to try to make you a better person, to understand the life that you lead more. — Joshua Homme

Foolishly play with the fires of rumor, only to risk being burned by its treacherous flames. — Joshua Homme

I've been playing live gigs since I was 13. I really don't know how to do anything else, and please God strike me down. — Joshua Homme

Banks are kinda cool, you put some money in there. It should be kinda vaguely sexy, but it's not. — Joshua Homme

When you try to put everything into music, there's no room left to try to make you think we're cool. We know you think we're cool. — Joshua Homme

A homemade affair that's just in time for Halloween. — Joshua Homme

The Queens Of The Stone Age have teamed up with multimedia wizard brain Liam Lynch to make the video for 'Burn The Witch' , a home-made affair that's just in time for Halloween. For the band, playing both the roles of cast and crew paid ginormous dividends, in the form of a video that cuts the heads off all contemporaries . — Joshua Homme

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

I break my back for music because it's something that I love, but I'm not going to break my back for a bank. I wouldn't want to be an ATM repairman; there are some things that just aren't worth it. — Joshua Homme

I'm not a militant, drug-taking freak! I'm sensitive. — Joshua Homme