Josh Homme

“I felt really free, like I could do anything, because no one would know what to expect.”

“Records don't have to be perfect. Everyone doesn't have to move left when everyone else moves left. I love hearing the mistakes.”

“I think you can separate yourself from your fears. You know what you should do, and it's just scary to do it. But I'd hate to let the fact that I'm scared to do it make me not do it. It ends up defining you. Because the moves you make are then based on what you don't want to do.”

“I think more people need to make out.”

“Guitar solos, to me, should be a really articulate way to make fun of guitar solos.”

“You wanna be there for everybody, but it's just not possible.”

“If you're trying to do something different, you can't ask someone to help, because they'll want to make it not different.”

“I know there are some labels that put out music for art's sake, but I don't know which ones.”

“People don't want their actors acting like musicians.”

“I think I learned years ago when I went to Hawaii that you don't bring puka shells back. You've got to be careful of your vacation purchases.”

“I think people believe I'm some kind of evil dictator sometimes. But I don't much care about that.”

“I'm in three bands, and I love to produce records of other bands, and I have a family that I love. I wanted to be everything for everybody and do all of that... I think I just really beat myself up until I got really sick and needed surgery, because it was physically manifesting itself.”

“I think one of the coolest things you can do is disappear for a while, because it gives you the chance to re-emerge. To sort of pounce out of the jungle.”

“The language that we use now impacts on the ability to vote, it impacts on the marketplace; instead of making things clear, it makes it more confusing. I think we need to stop using neutral language and speak in straighter terms. So when you agree to something, you actually get what you agreed to in the first place.”

“In the event that everything goes wrong and I’m not here tomorrow, there’s not enough time to fuck around. Why make art? Because it beautifies the world. It’s above people. It’s idealistic. It’s something to strive for that is not the mundane. It gives people peace of mind. It’s something you reach for that you can barely tickle but not quite get a hold of. And this [outpouring] makes that idealistic beauty so bright that you’d have to be a bitter asshole to deny its existence.”

“I've always had a sick sense of humor, and I've always wanted that to permeate the music because I don't take myself seriously. I take the music seriously, but I know I'm not God's gift to anyone except my mom.”

“The expression of this idea is Queens of the Stone Age, but the idea is that you will never slack on the music and will always humble yourself at the alter of Rock.”

“You got to risk something to be able to give something, you know?”

“I'm just going to put out three or four releases a year and make it so that if you like the Desert Sessions, then you'll definitely like everything else.”

“I like when people take chances.”