A biography for Mike Pattonhasn’t been written yet.
“With Mr. Bungle, I'd lay down a really rough demo of my vocals and then play them for the guys without telling them what I was saying. Our drummer at the time had the coolest takes on what he thought I was saying, so I'd ask him to write out what he thought the lyrics were.”
“I'm not some young tough guy trying to prove a point anymore.”
“Relationships are complicated - put it that way, okay?”
“Legacy is something you talk about when you're dead - and I'm not dead yet.”
“In a way, sometimes collaborating is more difficult because you have to listen.”
“I create a guise or a band that I can operate within, and within each one of those bands, I've got an M.O. or a set of rules and parameters I can work within.”
“Hearing other peoples' interpretations of your lyrics, to me, is just a total kick in the pants. Half the time, they're better.”
“With Faith No More, even though we're a bunch of old men, what I remember about our best shows is some sort of confrontation with the audience.”
“I know that whatever I put out, whether people think it's pop or noise or whatever, it's always going to be some kind of a freak or mutation. It's not going to be anything pure that a lot of people will relate to. And that's fine.”
“Golf is the only sport I've encountered where you can really suck but still have a good time.”
“Being able to have a home studio is the greatest thing ever.”
“Most solo artists go out on their own and put their name on the record. I prefer to create little alternative universes.”
“There are reasons that bands and musicians make demos and outtakes - because they are not good enough to make the record. A lot of people forget that.”
“I think you create your own boundaries, and you work within them.”
“I'm not a trained musician.”
“The Faith No More stuff isn't about me. It was a band. Maybe that's where a lot of journalists got the wrong idea. You don't just pluck a song off a tree and put vocals on it.”
“When you do live abroad, you're basically searching for some kind of peace.”
“To me, the stage is like the free zone. That's what makes it exhilarating. For whatever reason, there's this weird little square where it's kind of a romper room for adults.”
“Part of what Faith No More shows are is chaos and unpredictability.”
“My fear is getting stuck doing the same thing over and over.”