Explore Quotes by John Rzeznik

Don't be afraid to play what you feel and what you think no matter what it is. If you play long enough, you start to move past your influences and find your own music.

I didn't think about having kids until like I was 48, 49 years old.

The business of making music is changing so radically because of the Internet. It's become a lot more democratic in one respect, but in another respect there's no one left to guide and mentor young bands.

When I write a song, I want to write something that is really catchy and says something that might actually touch somebody.

If you're really gonna live, you have to be vulnerable.

We had always put ballads on all of our albums.

As soon as we finish a tour, I think, 'Oh my god, I'm unemployed.' I swear to God, every time I'm not touring, I hear my father yelling, 'You're unemployed if you're not working every day.'

I really love Tegan and Sara.

Usually albums are frontloaded with singles.

I've written songs everywhere, and I think the place does matter.

I went to a vocational high school, which is where they basically train you to go out and dig ditches. You gotta learn a trade. Well, why do you gotta learn a trade? Because you're not smart enough to go to college. That was the underlying gist of it.

Everyone goes To L.A. to be noticed. I went there to be completely invisible.

I've taken a lot of crap. That's just the way life is. There are going to be writers who like you and writers who despise you.

The good part about being a pessimist is, when something bad happens, you're never really devastated by it. And when something good happens, it's such a bonus.

I have a very powerful form of alcoholism. I finally gave up and accepted the fact that if I even smell too much booze, I'm going to start drinking again. That's just how I am.

I'm lucky I actually make a living making music.

Never in my life have I met bigger rockstars than Sugar Ray.

The only way you fail is if you quit. That has always sort of been pounded into my head.

I love playing the songs that people love because it makes them happy.

A live show is something that can never ever be duplicated on a computer.

Yeah, I really like that band Deerhunter a lot.