138 Quotes by Michael Stipe

If I slept with everyone I was supposed to have, I wouldn't have the energy to eat.

Take what you see on TV, mix in a guy who's turned 30 and still doesn't have a job, throw in some Uncle Remus stories and add a few flies in amber and you have America.

Sometimes before we make a record I go back and listen to a few. It's equally humbling and uplifting.

My feeling is that labels are for canned food... I am what I am - and I know what I am.

Never eat broccoli when there are cameras around.

When you meet a stranger, look at his shoes. Keep your money in your shoes.

We made part of the record in Miami, and I would go down to the beach, and not 20 feet from the water I see a fish that is at least seven feet long swimming close to the shore. I did not go back in the ocean the entire month.

Super casual music listeners. That's most of the people in the world. And you have to understand, that's why Top 40 radio exists. It's not there for people who seek out music and who love music.

They always want me to play myself and that's a big snooze.