138 Quotes by Michael Stipe

We're absolutely American and distinctly so, I think. That's part of what people respond to outside of this country, part of the reason that we're such a huge band outside of the U.S., where we're not so popular now as we were 10 or 12 years ago.

Since every record surely contains something offensive to someone, sticker them all. Make this as meaningless as the bar code.

My iPod that was programmed by Peter Buck. It has 7,000 songs hand-picked for me by him.

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

Nothing cataclysmic and positive is ever simple. But I think this is a great idea and perhaps we can get there.

But we're very much an American band and that's that. I think that's part of the appeal outside of this country and it might be part of the reason people turned away from us within this country, because familiarity breeds contempt.

I feel that our powers as songwriters and co-partners in this venture that we call R.E.M. are as strong as they ever have been,

It is crucial that the victims of Katrina get safe housing...and that's why www.hurricanehousing.org is available...to help those in need. As a band, we felt that promoting the service is essential - literally a matter of life and death,

It is crucial that the victims of Katrina get safe housing,