158 Quotes by John Rzeznik

I want to cultivate my own sound in my own atmosphere, where the clock is not running.

I wasn't present for my own life for a long time. I wasn't there; I wasn't in my relationships; I wasn't in my band; I wasn't in my soul - I was disconnected from all of it. I would let myself live in a miserable situation forever, mostly of my own making. I made my own misery and made the people around me miserable.

I need a long, cold winter.

Never in my life have I met bigger rockstars than Sugar Ray.

Everybody was a democrat where we grew up. It was a blue-collar town and the democrats represented the working class and the unions. But very, very super-conservative Catholic, very proud immigrant community, very stoic.

Whether you are happy or miserable is completely a choice.

I'm lucky I actually make a living making music.

I had good parents, and even though they weren't around, they were always an influence on me.

Just call us the band that wouldn't die.