Josh Homme

“Making people uncomfortable is one of my hobbies.”

“I think part of what happens is that small labels want to get bigger. And bigger is not better.”

“I got into guitar because no parent will buy their eight-year-old kid drums unless they're divorced and trying to get back at their wife. You know what I mean?”

“I'm a fairly upbeat and happy guy, you know? I don't like people that feel sorry for themselves, and I traditionally stay away from people like that.”

“When you get sick and it's extended, you go through all these mental phases, and everyone handles them differently.”

“Ultimately, words are only words, and its only the music that stands by itself.”

“Vinyl has gotten to the point where it's exclusively for the collector, I guess.”

“I've always considered myself a workaholic... The way I work, I have to turn myself upside down and hang myself by my ankles and wring myself out like a wet sweater, and I have to do that with other people, too, because I think that's where something good comes out.”

“When you expect anything from music, you expect too much.”