You're constantly guided by the last thing you made.

- Omar Rodriguez-Lopez

Like anyone else, I go up and down. You wake up some days, and you're like, "Life is great." You wake up other days, and you're like, "This is so shi…

- Omar Rodriguez-Lopez

It's like going back to an old girlfriend you're happy you got away from. You wouldn't replace the experience at all. I'm like, "I'm glad I met you. …

- Omar Rodriguez-Lopez

You start to learn that democracies don't work when it comes to artistic expression. You learn that if you don't handle your business, someone else i…

- Omar Rodriguez-Lopez

People in my band and in my life see me as someone who is seeking out chaos, and that's why it comes to me. And these people who have never met me sa…

- Omar Rodriguez-Lopez

When people get married, it enhances their relationship and puts strains on it.

- Omar Rodriguez-Lopez

I usually don't share the music with the musicians until right before they have to record their parts, because I hate discussing it and just intellec…

- Omar Rodriguez-Lopez

I'm still trying to figure out how I feel about anything at any given moment. When you feel like you've arrived somewhere, that's the real problem.

- Omar Rodriguez-Lopez

It felt like something was calling me to Israel, and that I had to go there to discover it. I don't know how else to explain it. In my head, I was th…

- Omar Rodriguez-Lopez