73 Quotes by 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.

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.

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

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

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.

If you’re trying to do something different, you can’t ask someone to help, because they’ll want to make it not different.

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

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.

I’m not politically correct; I never said I was.