Brandon Boyd: Trending quotes (page 4)

“I was in a bookstore, browsing through an old Life magazine, when I saw a picture of what the article called spontaneous human combustion. There were an old guy's legs and shoes, perfectly intact…then, right around his knee area, was just a pile of charred ashes. I was going through some turmoil in my life, both good and bad, and the image struck a chord, so…I wrote a song about it.”

“This isn't coincidence. There's no such thing.”

“Give it time, girl, the fire feels divine.
The sweetest things, they burn before they shine.”

“Kill your doubt with the coldest of weapons: Confidence.”

“Life's a match in a gas tank. Don't ever mourn the ebbing tide.”

“Your tangerine of electricity is ripe and on a vine!”

“What I want, and what I need, is and will always be free.”

“I'm born,
I'm alive,
I breathe,
In a moment or two I realize,
That the sphere upon which I reside
Is asleep on its feet,
Should I go back to sleep?”

“Since when did what we paid for colored cloth gauge our gravity?”

“When we're making music together, it's like five men making love-in a very platonic sense. It's very erotic, because your spirits are intermingling, you're becoming one. It's also why it can get so heated. You're tapping into this electricity that's very primal.”

“Can someone please explain to me your ever-present lack of speed?”

“All of us are heaven-sent, and there was never meant to be only one.”

“Maybe if I looked in my heart, I could find a back door.”

“It pains me to believe that you have never stepped out of the skin you live with.”

“Girl, it's time we met and made a mess.”

“You can't make me think like you, mundane.”

“When we get there,
We're going to fly so far away
Making sure to laugh while we experience
Anti-gravity.”

“I attribute a scab to the present state of society. The way the scab looks in its worst state is gross and chaotic and horrible, that's now, but when it breaks away, there's a brand new piece of skin that's stronger than before. It's like creation out of chaos.”

“On a burning bridge, your options are minimal at best Depending on where you're standing And how much breath is in your chest If it came down to it Would you high-tail home and hide? Or dance on fire and enjoy the ride?”