I was vegetarian, trying to eat from fast-food restaurants without meat. I didn't know how to eat properly and I was starving. I was adrenalized to the eyeballs from performing. I was afraid that I was sick with AIDS. We were playing five shows a week. I even went through a period of abstinence where I didn't drink and stopped having sex. Which is crazy. Maybe I'm answering too many questions at once here, but this is where my mind was at the age of 25.
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
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 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…
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…
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
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.
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.
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