54 Quotes by Mark Mothersbaugh

Rebellion is obsolete - change things from the inside working out.

The stories I write are often literal to events that have happened or observations that I've made, and sometimes they're fantastical.

I think somewhere around high school, your brain starts to gel, to harden. Before that, there’s this time where anything is possible and the more things that you artistically and educationally have in your repertoire, the more you become a child of larger possibilities.

It's people who write music because they are obsessed that I like; because they have something to say and no other way to say it.

Right now I just finished writing the music for a Rugrats feature film and the third week of September I go to London, and the Orchestra is going to perform the score.

I don't cook - I can cook - but I'm not very good. I like being asked over for dinner, because she can't cook either. We would starve if it weren't for modern technology. I know how to work a microwave, but love home cooked meals.

As far as the style, I was fascinated by surrealism.

If you get rid of a lot of the poseurs by destroying record companies, maybe it's a good trade-off.

To me I think artists in general make a statement - and for the rest of their lives - every album, every book - are variations on a theme.