97 Quotes by Rivers Cuomo

I listen to music a lot on the treadmill - I would test 'Raditude' songs out on the treadmill.

I meditate two hours a day, and every year I do one big long meditation course. I love it, and I'm really into it.

I really don't need to suffer. I can really become a happy person and still make good music - in fact, better music.

I do want to make music that people love, but I also want to make music that I love. I know I can't please everyone with anything I do, so I don't think too much about how other people are going to take things.

I just gotta keep reminding myself: Every time I do an interview or something, my volition really has to be just to serve, to help people. Not to feel like I'm important.

Probably the most reliable comfort music for me over the years has been Bach.

I have a natural instinct to feel guilty and that I've let people down. I've apologized in more songs than 'Back to the Shack.' Going back to our second record, the closing lines are 'I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.' It's definitely part of my personality.

I decided to try celibacy because I heard it would help the meditation, and I tried meditation because I heard it would help with the music. So, it all really comes back to the music.

Being in Weezer's just gotten so much more fun over the years. I love almost every part of my job. My very favorite part is working on new songs.