When I write, I tend toward melancholy, and the few times that I've tried pure joy in music, it doesn't really work that well. The joy can be through catharsis. I think that's what I do well, and observation.
I'm tired of being this solemn poet of the masses, the enigma shrouded in a mystery. - Michael Stipe
I'm tired of being this solemn poet of the masses, the enigma shrouded in a mystery.
- Michael Stipe
If I'm tired of me, I'm sure the public is as well. - Michael Stipe
If I'm tired of me, I'm sure the public is as well.
The whole point of the punk-rock thing was that "We're not special. We just have a voice." - Michael Stipe
The whole point of the punk-rock thing was that "We're not special. We just have a voice."
I've never written a song that's hopeless. I'm not a hopeless person. I'm crazily optimistic. I crazily see the good in people. I crazily see the way… - Michael Stipe
I've never written a song that's hopeless. I'm not a hopeless person. I'm crazily optimistic. I crazily see the good in people. I crazily see the way…
I simply constructed a project to try to snap Kurt [Cobain] out of a frame of mind. I sent him a plane ticket and a driver, and he tacked the plane t… - Michael Stipe
I simply constructed a project to try to snap Kurt [Cobain] out of a frame of mind. I sent him a plane ticket and a driver, and he tacked the plane t…
Super casual music listeners. That's most of the people in the world. And you have to understand, that's why Top 40 radio exists. It's not there for … - Michael Stipe
Super casual music listeners. That's most of the people in the world. And you have to understand, that's why Top 40 radio exists. It's not there for …
My feeling is that labels are for canned food... I am what I am - and I know what I am. - Michael Stipe
My feeling is that labels are for canned food... I am what I am - and I know what I am.
The only thing to fear is fearlessness. - Michael Stipe
The only thing to fear is fearlessness.
Love, love will be my strongest weapon - Michael Stipe
Love, love will be my strongest weapon
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