Tom DeLonge Quotes & Sayings

When there are no lyrics there are many parts of the imagination that can fill in the meanings of the music, so I strongly believe that it can be more powerful at times. — Tom DeLonge

When you work with a major label they create their own message for you and a lot of the time that works great, or at least it did back in the 90's but now it doesn't work, so I think as an artist if you learn your own business, like anybody would when they want to start a little restaurant - they'd figure it out and then build it and they work hard - then it could be your own little business that you grew to as big as you want it to be but you had much more control with how to communicate it and how it's cared for. — Tom DeLonge

The only reason in the world that I bought a computer was to look up UFO sites. — Tom DeLonge

The labels can't do anything for a band anymore - they're stuck and they have no money and they're just holding onto contracts that have existed from a time where there were resources. — Tom DeLonge

I'm interested in a lot of different things, but first and foremost I'm into the idea of human consciousness, and Angels & Airwaves is a byproduct of that. — Tom DeLonge

There's a time in your life where you're not quite sure where you are. You think everything's perfect, but it's not perfect ... Then one day you wake up and you can't quite picture yourself in the situation you're in. But the secret is, if you can picture yourself doing anything in life, you can do it. — Tom DeLonge

It's actually cool to be positive and optimistic and idealistic. It's cool to see yourself doing beautiful, great things. — Tom DeLonge

People are different when they're 30 than they are when they're 16. — Tom DeLonge

Most bands, if something goes wrong, they cower and walk off stage and fire people. — Tom DeLonge

I love to deliver orgasms to the masses! — Tom DeLonge

We don't want to act like adults. Anybody who can stay in a state of adolescence will be much better off later on. Look at people who are working nine-to-five jobs out of college, and look at professional skateboarders or guys in punk bands. See who's having more fun. — Tom DeLonge

You don't even wish for the success that I had, because you don't think it's attainable. — Tom DeLonge

There are possibilities that dreams are our little windows upon a parallel timeline. — Tom DeLonge

If I had my own world I'd build you an empire from here to the far lands to spread love like violence! — Tom DeLonge

The compass represents spirituality, no end and no beginning ... the ruler represents 'tangible evidence' ... a measurable event ... both coming together shall represent a Human Being ... the intersection of life and consciousness ... — Tom DeLonge

When you see opportunities in your life, you've got to analyze, 'Why was that choice given to me?' — Tom DeLonge

When we realize how little we mean to the universe, we realize how important we are to each other — Tom DeLonge

I have to be able to stick to very dedicated times to work on things, do exactly as I say I'm going to do, show up when I say I'm going to show up and focus that's the only way I've been able to pull off everything last year but I'm hoping I'll never have to do that again, it's a hell of a lot of work that's for sure. — Tom DeLonge

I'm a huge stadium rock fan, but I'm also a fan of everything from Massive Attack to Peter Gabriel, U2, the Police, Radiohead, and Coldplay. — Tom DeLonge

In leaving negativity behind, you find something beautiful. — Tom DeLonge

My company created a platform called Modlife, this prepackaged website that runs an artist's website. — Tom DeLonge

Do what you like and do it honestly. — Tom DeLonge

Maybe I do wanna become a woman, so what is the crime in that? — Tom DeLonge

I used to drink a lot of beer, but I was just getting fat as can be. Now that we've had a little success, I can afford to drink wine. — Tom DeLonge

I think that the needs in human life will change and grow and evolve. I do think that that the importance will always be grander than you would ever believe them to be. — Tom DeLonge

All I can say is hold on, and prepare ... — Tom DeLonge

I grew up skateboarding, but I don't even do that anymore. — Tom DeLonge

I think I might get laid more ... by my dad. — Tom DeLonge

But those guys (on 'Idol') will never be known for defining a generation of young suburbanites like (blink) did. — Tom DeLonge

If artists slowly learn how their business works, they'll have the ability to grow at any rate they can dream up, but they'll also have the ability to control the message whatever that might be. — Tom DeLonge

I'll eat a nugget of my own poop for 20 bucks. I'll pay you 20 bucks and I'll eat it. — Tom DeLonge

All the selling out talk is really overrated, the funny thing is it hardly ever comes from bands, it comes from some kid who thinks they're so punk because they have a purple mohawk — Tom DeLonge

I think that one of the reasons that we chose the word love as the subject is because your human connection and how you affect everybody around you, you'll only understand the gravity of that as you pass later on in life. I think as artists it's our ability to communicate that in certain ways. — Tom DeLonge

I'm not gay, a lotta people think I'm gay. I have a girlfriend. She thinks I'm gay. — Tom DeLonge

I think that you can say you love somebody like in a relationship, but I also think that to feel love for somebody else or for another human is more about a living being to a living being, a totally different thing. I don't know if people will ever totally understand what that word means until we die. — Tom DeLonge

You've got to not only love yourself for who you are with all your mistakes, but you've got to love the world for what it can bring you if you have the right attitude — Tom DeLonge

I've been abducted and probed in the anus.
On purpose. — Tom DeLonge

I think that people feel they know what love means, it's probably one of the most used words in the world but has the most completely different definitions from one person to another. — Tom DeLonge

You know, if a band on a label sold a few hundred thousand copies of their record these days, they wouldn't make any money. But if a band can pump out 10 million copies of a record for free, and 50,000 of those fans come to the band's website to watch pay-per-view videos or buy a t-shirt, that's roughly $10 million in revenue per year. — Tom DeLonge

Im not gay, but the man in my bed last night was. — Tom DeLonge

It's all success if it's what you need. — Tom DeLonge

I write in a very melodic way, so that will never leave. I think my records will always tend to be approachable. — Tom DeLonge

If you try to fix violence with violence, you do NOTHING but create violence. — Tom DeLonge

I was kicked out of middle school a few times. This guy who was kind of a d*** and a bully got hit by a car. I jumped up and went, YEAH Apparently that wasnt cool with some people cause I got kicked out. — Tom DeLonge

I know how big Blink are and I know the legacy with it and everything, but Angels & Airwaves, to my heart and to the people who like it, this is the release of my life. — Tom DeLonge

I would love to come to Auckland. That's a place I've been quite a lot with my band so I'm very much looking forward to it. — Tom DeLonge

I don't get boy bands these days. Thye don't write their own songs and everything is choreographed from their dance moves to how they have sex with each other after the show. — Tom DeLonge

Whether it's at their job, or their family, whatever - everyone feels that they're stuck in some kind of struggle. The idea is how to find your way out of it. — Tom DeLonge

I've realized that I love all forms of music and get excited when any artist goes crazy and creates something that is an experience. — Tom DeLonge

Angels and Airwaves is a complete, pure reflection of who I am. The philosophy, the spiritualism, the esotericism, the idea of hope and space and the themes about life and grandeur ... that's all me. — Tom DeLonge

I think there are a lot of different things that dreams do for the individual and they're fascinating because it's not totally known what they do, but we have some science that is opening the door to a new world as we speak. — Tom DeLonge

I believe that working independently will give artists the ability to communicate the full extent of their art and not just a piece of it that might sell. — Tom DeLonge

Dreams are things that could potentially be treating you as a pupil to teach you things so when you wake up, you'll be able to handle certain elements from those dreams in a better way. — Tom DeLonge

I might be a dork, but I don't want to be a jerk. — Tom DeLonge

I don't believe that I'm better than anybody, but I do believe that I'll try harder than most and I hope that people just join me for a little bit of a ride. — Tom DeLonge

Every day, I read books on philosophy and science fiction and human consciousness. — Tom DeLonge

My dad has had a rare form of leukemia since I was in about 7th grade. But they've come up with some amazing drugs since then and he's doing really well today. — Tom DeLonge

I would lose straight away if I went on 'American Idol.' — Tom DeLonge

Life is a search for yourself. — Tom DeLonge

We just write down a bunch of words, and pray to god they make sense. And if we don't, it doesn't matter, we're artists — Tom DeLonge

The Angels shows are really intense. We play for a couple hours at a time. They're very theatrical and full of audience interaction and emotion. I've seen a lot of people crying and stuff. It's a little bit like church, but it's very secular. — Tom DeLonge

'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' is the best movie for a guy like me. A cerebral adventure. A moving story. A bunch of little green men. — Tom DeLonge

I will eat anything Mexican - a sombrero, hacienda ... anything. They've perfected the combo of bread items and the grill. — Tom DeLonge

I've masturbated like 5 times in the last 24 hours ... it hurts ... it's going to fall off. — Tom DeLonge

When I write in the studio, I tend to gravitate toward the ability to play really loud, aggressive, post-punk stuff, with big, heavy guitars and a big rock drum sound. — Tom DeLonge

I'm hoping that people should hopefully give me another chance to dream big and to deliver on those dreams. — Tom DeLonge

I don't listen to punk any more, unless it's right before I play. Not that I don't like it, it's nostalgic. But, it's for kids and it should be ... it's not art, it's expression. — Tom DeLonge

I used to get so jealous if my wife liked another band more than my own. Come to think of it, I still do. — Tom DeLonge

They say Einstein died while he was still trying to figure out gravity. I think I'm going to die still trying to figure out some of the things about Blink. — Tom DeLonge

Playing music in the wake of the Blink thing was like finding love in the middle of a war zone. — Tom DeLonge

Like millions of others, I have been plagued by the devastating effects of cancer hitting not one, but multiple members of my family. — Tom DeLonge

I have to make music. If I don't do it, I go crazy. — Tom DeLonge

The first song I sent over was Up All Night. People say that sounds like Angels on a Blink record. Well, no - that's just me! — Tom DeLonge

Angels and Airwaves shows are like an ascension to Heaven. — Tom DeLonge

I think dreams hold a lot of meaning. I believe that if the universe is truthfully infinite then there are infinite possibilities for dreams to be happening somewhere out there. — Tom DeLonge

So many artists today will talk about green this or organic that, but you know what? What we are eating, I think, is really doing a lot of bad to us. I'm not sure if I'm the guy to do it right now, because I have to clean up my house too, so to speak, but we've got to start addressing this. Too many people are getting sick today. — Tom DeLonge

You should follow your passions, you know? And you should make sure you do something you love. That's all I've learned, is that if you're doing something you love you'll work harder at it and make it happen, I can promise you that. — Tom DeLonge

Geometric shapes hold an energy pattern, and scientists did some experiments which say certain geometric shapes can affect matter around them. It's simply because when a human looks at a shape, they instantly receive energy from their brain. — Tom DeLonge

I'm sick of being known as the sexy guy that writes great songs. — Tom DeLonge

'Love' has that Kubrick tonality to it, but this is not a Stanley Kubrick movie - there will never be another. At the same time, 'Love' has a modern feel. For example: In one scene, these astronauts go through a wormhole sequence, and you feel like you're being slapped around inside your head by a sonic boom. — Tom DeLonge

Music is good when it makes you dance. Music is great when it makes you who you are — Tom DeLonge

I'm a little left of center, for sure, with Angels & Airwaves. But even when I get really weird, it's not that weird. It's not like some obscure Sonic Youth record or something. We don't take it quite that far. But what we do like are crescendos, and we do like when a song catches you off guard and it gives you the chills up and down your arms. — Tom DeLonge

Humor has become so cliche and boring that nothing's funny anymore unless it involves something totally disgusting that offends somebody or makes them feel really uncomfortable. — Tom DeLonge

I just wanna see a UFO, really — Tom DeLonge

Everyone I talk to says stuff like, 'Music sucks today,' and I'm going to try and change all that. — Tom DeLonge

I always want to do different things. I'm always obsessed with trying to do different things. — Tom DeLonge

Spending so much time on the road, I get to fart all the time. Then when it's, like, Thanksgiving dinner and I'm sitting with my grandmother, I can't fart for, like, two hours. — Tom DeLonge

I've never been a jam-band sort of musician. — Tom DeLonge

There are lots of things that I'm always pulling inspiration from. — Tom DeLonge

When we started Angels & Airwaves, we wanted to produce our art on different mediums, but the film was an ambitious one because we actually didn't go into it thinking we could make a big feature film. — Tom DeLonge

Records aren't selling anymore; people are burning music. — Tom DeLonge

You can do anything you want. And you can be anything you want. And you can feel anything you want. But there's only one thing you need to do, and that is: have the slightest vision to see it. Because if you can't see it happening, then it will never happen — Tom DeLonge

I applaud anyone who thinks I'm good-looking and invite them into my world — Tom DeLonge