Rivers Cuomo Quotes

When you get down to it, the way that the music affects you individually is the most important thing, and when you let things like the location of a band get in the way or have an effect on your overview, you're cheating yourself out of a really good time.

I hate most of what constitutes rock music, which is basically middle-aged crap.

Music is there for us to explore. To intentionally limit yourself to one, two, or three genres is limitation at its worst. Music is huge; it's a gigantic history lesson, and if you are true music fan or a musician, you should explore it. It's all right there in front of us.

Good music is good music, regardless of where it comes from. I think that's a really important thing to carry with you.

Music is music, ultimately. If it makes you feel good, cool.

There's no way I can compete with someone who can write rap or rock and roll. Nor do I wish to. But I've always kept up to date with music changes. I worked very hard not to type myself.

I'm a huge stadium rock fan, but I'm also a fan of everything from Massive Attack to Peter Gabriel, U2, the Police, Radiohead, and Coldplay. I've realized that I love all forms of music and get excited when any artist goes crazy and creates something that is an experience.

My mum especially listens to music in a way that is incredibly feelings-based. There's virtually no snobbery about what sounds are in it, she just wants to hear a song and that is quite refreshing.

Every day I feel different about music, but what never changes is my love for it.

Music is a huge part of my life, I enjoy every genre of music from jazz to country, and I even get down with a bit of hip hop.

You see, that is it with music, you never stop learning.

In regard to music, I just think that it's always best to have an attitude of being a perpetual student and always look to learn something new about music, because there's always something new to learn.

Music is something that should speak for itself, straight from the heart. It took me a long time to understand that.

Music is neither old nor modern: it is either good or bad music, and the date at which it was written has no significance whatever.

To me the bottom line is: good music is good music.

It wasn't until I was about 17 or 18 years old that I got into music.

Music's been around a long time, and there's going to be music long after Ray Charles is dead. I just want to make my mark, leave something musically good behind. If it's a big record, that's the frosting on the cake, but music's the main meal.

You must surrender whatever preconceptions you have about music if you're really interested in it.

Music is a personal preference. Everyone's free to connect and like whatever they want.

I don't always have to be on what is the newest in music is. I'm slowly educating myself in music. For me, I feel more free in not knowing everything in what I'm doing. You can start making up too many rules for yourself. It should just be love and fun and feeling good.

My grandmother played the piano, and I used to toddle over there and pick out little things that sounded good to me.

The most important thing is that you honor that musical integrity, whether you make music that sounds like ABBA or you make music that sounds like Void.

I still picture myself as a student of the music. I'm always trying to learn new things. Music is just what makes me tick.

Sometimes I think to talk too much about music almost cheapens it.

I'm continuing to learn more about music - it's an ocean, and you can never really say that you know everything. I'm grateful that I'm still living and making music among the greats.