Oneohtrix Point Never Quotes

I never understood bands saying Nirvana had anything to do with derailing their career. Maybe those bands didn't have the goods.

I didn't hate Nirvana. That was more of a media-constructed this-versus-that thing.

I've only had one platinum album, and it's 'Red River Blue'.

People misinterpret my emotions towards Nirvana because I've said things about how something happened with grunge that took a little bit of fun out of things. It's no offense to Nirvana; they were one of the greats, obviously. But something died there, too, and we haven't quite gotten the groove back.

It's like they had a backlash the first 11 years. I think the reason why it always seems like there's a backlash is because when bands are unknown, they only get written about by fans.

I don't have a problem being on 'MTV,' and I don't have a problem being on the radio. I actually like it. So there. And anyone that calls me a sell out is just jealous.

When you look at what people consider success in the music industry, it's just terrible music.

I never listen to 'Nevermind.' I haven't listened to it since we put it out. That says something.

There was this moment when we made 'Superunknown': the Seattle music scene had suddenly ended up on an international stage with huge success.

If you told me in the '90s that I'd be in a chart battle with Green Day, I probably would have just laughed at you.

I think I was annoyed going through the '90s just as a guy who loves music. There wasn't a lot of music for me. Everything was groove driven. We lost the plot with the melody. There's no more melody.

When we came out, the kind of music that was popular was Nirvana, Soundgarden and Alice In Chains, all that stuff. That was when we released our second album, 'Images And Words', and it was something people werent used to hearing maybe, and it sort of rose above all that somehow, being progressive, or whatever.

People told me that Miley's '23' wasn't hip-hop. Let me tell you, she went in and owned that track.

A lot of my friends loved Pearl Jam, so whenever I'd hang out with them, that was usually what CD - not album - back then, it was what CD, maybe even tape, but what CD was playing.

I'll never forget getting my first Nirvana, Soundgarden, and Alice in Chain records, and hearing that wonderful, beautiful darkness. And the rhythmic intensity, that's what attracted me more than anything else.

We were overwhelmed by how much the first album connected with people, but I wouldn't put us in the 'pop star' realm.

My kind of music is probably not going to shoot to the top, but I'm fine with that. There's still enough rock'n'roll soldiers.

I have this first album that sells more than 100,000 copies in its first week, debuts at number two, goes gold, the single goes platinum, we're doing Madison Square Garden.

I'm a big fan of Kurt Cobain. I put a picture of him holding a gun on my Instagram for his birthday. He's definitely one of my favorite rock artists.

One of my biggest inspirations was Alanis Morissette's 'Jagged Little Pill.'

I was asked, 'Why do you think the male 'X Factor' winners haven't been successful in the past?' And I said, 'Because obviously the body of work that they've brought out wasn't good enough,' and that was it.

Unlike a lot of my cohorts from the '80s and '90s who totally blamed the shortness of their careers on bands like Nirvana and Alice in Chains and Soundgarden and whatever, I was very into a lot of those bands.

Two of my biggest musical inspirations are Kurt Cobain and Chris Cornell.

'Seven Turns' was a tough album because we knew that the critics would use it to determine whether or not we should have remained broken up.

I got a portrait of Nipsey at my house, bro. I got to put a platinum plaque by that, and my brother is not here to share that with me. That's his first platinum single. We did that together.