Michael Stipe Quotes

I think my apocalyptic feelings went deeper than [heavily influenced by Reagan and AIDS]. I'm really at peace with how afraid I am.

The only thing to fear is fearlessness.

Never eat broccoli when there are cameras around.

When we first started, we were a band from Athens and that was so off the map.

When I get really hammered I take my clothes off. That's a sure sign. It's been a long time since the last time I did that. Probably a year.

To be called an elder statesman is so unbelievably insulting.
Brad Pitt is exactly three years younger than me.

I'm kind of quoting Thurston [Moore] and Kim [Gordon] in saying that about not being great with addicts, because they are the ones who said it to me.

Sometimes I'm confused by what I think is really obvious. But what I think is really obvious obviously isn't obvious ...

I don't find R.E.M. to be nihilistic. There is a constant undertone of joyous optimism. I'm not going to kill myself to Patti Smith or R.E.M.

In fact, a lot of critics seemed to consider R.E.M. the first American music since the '60s to break out on its own and develop a stand-alone sound.

Here's a truck stop instead of St. Peter's.

They spoke truth and a lot of people listened ... that voice, Kurt we miss you.

I'm not homosexual, I'm not hetrosexual, I'm just sexual.

My iPod that was programmed by Peter Buck. It has 7,000 songs hand-picked for me by him.

The whole point of the punk-rock thing was that "We're not special. We just have a voice."

When you meet a stranger, look at his shoes. Keep your money in your shoes.

I'm just not that fascinating a person to have had all those lives that I've written about.

I'm not homosexual, I'm not heterosexual, I'm just sexual.

Our generation was supposed to be about trying to deal with nuclear concerns and environmental disasters.

And I don't expect anyone can bring about a revolution in the way that Bob Dylan did - and really didn't - in the 1960s.

Frankly I'm not great with heroin addicts. I tried heroin, but it was by accident. I'm not great with that level of substance abuse.

If you disagree with me, fine! Because that's the great thing about America, we can disagree!

Love, love will be my strongest weapon

I went through a period where I was really tired of seeing and reading about myself.

The punk-rock ethos was "Do it yourself. Anyone can do this. We're not sent from the heavens."

I was vulnerable every day. Every night that I stepped on stage I was laying myself open.

Everybody hurts sometimes Everybody cries

Who will tend the farm museums who will dust the day belongings?

We don't get groupies.We get teenagers who want to read us their poetry.

Links have become the suburbs of the real world.

I'm afraid of everything. I'm not a naturally courageous person.

There was never a golden era of American radio as far as I can tell.

They always want me to play myself and that's a big snooze.

I really wanted to be on Six Feet Under as a corpse. That would be hysterical.

The world of WONDERLAND is authentic, vibrant, and genuine. Stacey D'Erasmo explores the delight and terror of second chances. A great read!

Sometimes before we make a record I go back and listen to a few. It's equally humbling and uplifting.

I think there were early critics who wanted us to change the world because the Sex Pistols failed.

I'm tired of being this solemn poet of the masses, the enigma shrouded in a mystery.

Anybody that walks can sing..

A wise man once said-'the skill in attending a party is knowing when it's time to leave,'

If I'm tired of me, I'm sure the public is as well.

My feeling is that labels are for canned food ... I am what I am - and I know what I am.