Brandon Boyd: Likeness

Brandon Boyd is American rock singer, writer and visual artist. Explore interesting quotes on likeness.

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“I learned from a very young age that if I pursued the things that truly excited me, that they would reward in more important ways, like happiness”

MTV's Diary, on his motivation

“In my opinion, so much of it is really about what you had in mind when you got into it: was it only that you wanted to be a rockstar and see your name in lights? I never really had those kinds of dreams. I knew I loved music and I knew that when I sang in a certain way it made my chest and my whole stomach tickle and I liked it. It still does that same thing to me; I know I’m doing it right when it makes my core tingle a little bit. I get the same feeling when I’m painting a picture or when I get into that almost hypnotic state of writing – those things are incredible and those are the kinds of things that attract me to creativity.”

When asked about intention for a magazine in Berlin (http://www.pulse-berlin.com/)

“I've had all that I can take and exploding seems like a definite possibility to me.”

Lyrics, Make Yourself (1999)

“It feels like trading brains with an imbecile.”

Lyrics, Make Yourself (1999)

“I've been thinking of combustication as a welcome vacation from the burdens of planet Earth - like gravity, hypocrisy, the perils of being in 3-D, and thinking so much differently.”

Lyrics, Make Yourself (1999)

“Men have a lot less to write about, unless you're somebody like Tom Waits or John Lennon. And the female voice is much more suited to melody. Men have this barky thing-we're domesticated apes with a microphone.”

More on why his favorite singers are mostly women

“I was on an airplane last year when a talk show began playing on the TVs. I decided to start narrating for the people, which is a really great game if you're ever bored enough. I realized a time will probably come when television will watch us if we're watching it, if that hasn't already happened, figuratively or literally. It sounded like some sort of pseudo-Big Brother nightmare, so I wrote it down.”

His influence on writing the song Talk Shows on Mute

“We don't know much about him. We do know that he came from a sperm meeting an egg. Actually, his name is Charles Mulholland. We don't know what he does, but he sure looks like he knows something.”

On Chuck, Smother 1997

“Seeing you is like pulling teeth, and hearing your voice is like chewing tin foil!”

Lyrics, Morning View (2001)

“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.”

citing reasons for the band's group therapy Spin (October 2001)

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

Lyrics, S.C.I.E.N.C.E. (1997)

“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.”

Meaning behind the song New Skin