42 Quotes by Tim Commerford

I could have played water polo in high school instead of football. I would have gone to Stanford like my other buddies from Irvine who played water polo and ended up going to Stanford, you know.

To me, music is not a stunt. Music is not a joke. I take every lick of music that I've ever played very serious.

But when I was a teenager, I was in my room learning how to play bass by listening to Rush and the Sex Pistols. I wasn't reading Karl Marx.

I love my tattoo and I think it looks great. It's like an old pair of jeans, it's beat up. I remember when I first got it outlined. I'm like 'why don't more guys do this?' Then I realized the pain.

It's insane for me to say this, but I've never been in a room with anyone that's more talented on the electric guitar than Brendan O'Brien.

I can't stop myself from finding information that makes me mad and writing about it.

My bass is my weapon.

I don't believe ISIS is real.

We wrote many a Rage song where we'd use Soundgarden as a template.