74 Quotes by Mike Shinoda

When we started the band, it was because we were waiting for a sound that never happened. We got tired of waiting, and we decided to just do it ourselves.

Usually I spend my holidays with my family.

I know at one point I had bright red hair and I had bracelets from my wrist up to my elbow and I was wearing size 50 pants. I wouldn't wear that today, but I'm not embarrassed about wearing it back then any more.

I spent ten years playing classical piano, and that was what led to keyboards and eventually to production and to Linkin Park.

We learned pretty early on in this band that you can't have snobbery in music.

I'd rather get up early and go out and do something than stay up late and screw up my body.

We have people in the band who don't drink or do drugs... some of us like to go sightseeing.

I remember being a little kid sitting in the living room with my brother and some friends from around the neighborhood, and I would sit at the piano and as they were running around the room doing different things and being silly, acting out, I would actually play the score for it - the music that went along with it.

I've been really excited about some new cutting edge electronic music and technology.