“Too bad the things that make you mad are my favorite things.”
Lyrics, S.C.I.E.N.C.E. (1997)
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Famous Brandon Boyd Quotes
“Just when you thought it was safe to think, in comes mental piracy!”
Lyrics, Make Yourself (1999)
“Society must let the artist go, to wander off into their nebula.”
Lyrics, S.C.I.E.N.C.E. (1997)
Brandon Boyd Quotes about thinking
Lyrics, Make Yourself (1999)
Discussing Morning View on Boogie TV interview was done the day of their concert at Vega, Copenhagen
Excerpt from his book White Fluffy Clouds.
Brandon Boyd Quotes about love
“I suggest we learn to love ourselves before it's made illegal.”
Lyrics, Morning View (2001)
“Have a heart and try me, cause without love I won't survive.”
Lyrics, Light Grenades (2006)
When asked about intention for a magazine in Berlin (http://www.pulse-berlin.com/)
“Some people fall in love and touch the sky. Some people fall in love and find quicksand.”
Lyrics, Light Grenades (2006)
citing reasons for the band's group therapy Spin (October 2001)
Brandon Boyd: Trending quotes
“It's just another day in the life of apes with ego trips.”
Lyrics, A Crow Left of the Murder... (2004)
“If you really want to live, why not try and make yourself?”
Lyrics, Make Yourself (1999)
Brandon Boyd Quotes
“Floating down a river named Emotion…will I make it back to shore, or drift into the unknown?”
Lyrics, Morning View (2001)
“Perspective prys her once-weighty eyes and it gives you wings.”
Lyrics, Morning View (2001)
“I've had all that I can take and exploding seems like a definite possibility to me.”
Lyrics, Make Yourself (1999)
“You've been raised in limitation, but that glove never fit quite right.”
Lyrics, S.C.I.E.N.C.E. (1997)
Lyrics, A Crow Left of the Murder... (2004)
on his mom, Dolly Wiseman. Spin (October 2001)
“The girl I find who wants to talk about quantum theory in a bar is the one I want to marry.”
Rolling Stone, on his “ideal” soulmate
“the day you were born, you were born free. That is your privilege.”
Lyrics, Make Yourself (1999)
“Insecurites are about as useful as trying to put the pin back in the grenade.”
Lyrics, A Crow Left of the Murder... (2004)
“If I met you in a scissor fight, I'd cut off both your wings on principle alone.”
Lyrics, A Crow Left of the Murder... (2004)
“I'm keeping an eye on the future, an eye on the past, and the present in my pocket.”
Lyrics, Light Grenades (2006)
“This island isn't big enough for both of us…so who will swim in eel-infested oceans?”
Lyrics, A Crow Left of the Murder... (2004)
“Put down your hollow tips,
And kiss your lover's lips,
And know that fate is what we make of it.”
Lyrics, A Crow Left of the Murder... (2004)
“I wouldn't change a thing now that you're here.”
Lyrics, A Crow Left of the Murder... (2004)
His influence on writing the song Talk Shows on Mute
In his "Thanks" for the MV album
“If this is right, I'd rather be wrong. If this is sight, I'd rather be blind.”
Lyrics, Morning View (2001)
“You're so much more endearing with the sound turned off.”
Lyrics, A Crow Left of the Murder... (2004)
“Seeing you is like pulling teeth, and hearing your voice is like chewing tin foil!”
Lyrics, Morning View (2001)
“Consequence, you'll see, will be stranger than a gang of drunken mimes.”
Lyrics, Make Yourself (1999)
“If you're looking for an open book - Look no further, I am yours.”
Lyrics, A Crow Left of the Murder... (2004)
“Temporaryism has been the Black Plague and the Jesus of our age.”
Lyrics, Morning View (2001)
“I'm not an alarmist, but someone should break the glass, and pull that red T-Lever down!”
Lyrics, Light Grenades (2006)
“I need a map of your head, translated into English, so I can learn to not make you frown.”
Lyrics, Make Yourself (1999)
“I lean against the wind, pretend that I am weightless, and in this moment I am happy.”
Lyrics, Morning View (2001)
On writing the song Pardon Me
“This isn't coincidence. There's no such thing.”
Lyrics, A Crow Left of the Murder... (2004)
“Give it time, girl, the fire feels divine.
The sweetest things, they burn before they shine.”
Lyrics, Light Grenades (2006)
