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“I survived
I speak, I breathe
I'm incomplete
I'm alive, hooray!
You're wrong again, 'cause I feel no love.”

Josh Homme

"The Vampyre of Time and Memory", ...Like Clockwork (2013)
Lyrics, Queens of the Stone Age

“If life but a dream, then
WAKE ME!”

Josh Homme

"Keep Your Eyes Peeled", ...Like Clockwork (2013)
Lyrics, Queens of the Stone Age

“Pieces were stolen from me
Or dare I say, given away.”

Josh Homme

"I Appear Missing", ...Like Clockwork (2013)
Lyrics, Queens of the Stone Age

“You're solid gold, I'll see you in hell.”

Josh Homme

"You Can't Quit Me Baby", Queens of the Stone Age (1998)
Lyrics, Queens of the Stone Age

“From the moment you said, "Why haven't you kissed me yet" I knew I'd wipe that paint from your lips.”

Josh Homme

"Skin on Skin", Lullabies to Paralyze (2005)
Lyrics, Queens of the Stone Age

“Laughing is easy, I would if I could.”

Josh Homme

"In the Fade", Rated R (2000)
Lyrics, Queens of the Stone Age

Josh Homme Quotes about music

“Music is my religion.”

Josh Homme

" JOSHUA HOMME: “IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT’S BEEN SAID, IT’S NEVER BEEN SAID BY ME” http://www.antiquiet.com/news/2010/09/josh-homme-interview-zane-lowe/", Antiquet (August 27th, 2009)

“(In response to the question; "What are you going to tell a ten year old who wants to play guitar?") For me that's easy; when you expect anything from music, you expect too much. So you play for yourself, you play to enjoy it and you make the most of it for you, period. You don't - I never thought I would be doing this now. I feel so lucky to be doing this now - I can't believe this is what I do all the time. I know I'm not the greatest guitar player in the world, but I just love it. And I hope that's the only reason I'm here, you know? Because I think - I honestly think that that's enough.”

Josh Homme

" Josh Homme - Guitar Moves - Episode 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJDUHq2mJx0" Noisey (May 29, 2013)

“[On "grunge"] Music's music, and the weird thing is Brant [Bjork] has said this before; Soundgarden and those bands and Nirvana, those are great bands, but they did not create rock and roll. This whole "grunge" bullshit that everyone's talking about. "Oh my gosh, it's amazing!", they did not create rock and roll! It is rock and roll music. It's good rock and roll, that's all it is. They did not start something, they don't corner the market on anything. […] I think it's a shame, because it's a great media tool and it worked. Like, whoever thought of the word "grunge" should be rich by now because it's a great media trip, you know? But it's just all good rock and roll; Soundgarden, Nirvana, all these bands are just good rock and roll bands. People spend too much time categorizing what everything is. Just throw it on your turntable, throw it on you CD player or whatever you have and listen to it. Don't worry about what it is - no one cares, it doesn't matter anymore, you know? That's what should have happened, it shouldn't matter anymore what you are. There's so many, like, "fusion" everything and whatever that it shouldn't matter anymore, you know?”

Josh Homme

Kyuss interview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bqai2XYiFyI, The Rivoli, Toronto (December 13, 1992)

“And the fact of the matter is that everyone should play music because it's such a beautiful gift. It's my religion. But maybe not everyone should play it in front of me. It's okay to play music in your rocking chair or whatever.”

Josh Homme

Reported in Jay Babcock, " JOSHUA HOMME: People say [record] labels are evil. No, they’re just lame. http://www.arthurmag.com/2007/12/04/josh-homme-people-say-labels-are-evil-no-theyre-just-lame/", Arthur Magazine (December 4, 2007).

“Music is never wrong. You might not like it, but it’s never wrong. It's such a great way of explaining stuff.”

Josh Homme

Reported in Jay Babcock, " MUSIC IS NEVER WRONG: A visit with Josh Homme & John Paul Jones of Them Crooked Vultures http://www.arthurmag.com/2009/10/15/them-crooked-vultures/", Arthur Magazine (October 15, 2009).

“My favorite music is hooky, quirky, arty, dark, surprising, heavy, groovy, soft, emotional but not emo. It wears a sweater because it’s cold, not because it's stylistically there.”

Josh Homme

Josh Homme Quotes about love

“It's only falling in love because you've hit the ground.”

Josh Homme

"I Appear Missing", ...Like Clockwork (2013)
Lyrics, Queens of the Stone Age

“I am not a perfectionist at all. I love failure. I love mistakes. I love the bizarre. I love characters. I love missing teeth. I love beauty because your eyes are off-center. And how can you notice that in the buzz of the city? So I like the emptiness.”

Josh Homme

Reported in Jonathan Horsley, " Queens of the Stone Age: Josh Homme Q&A http://www.decibelmagazine.com/uncategorized/queens-of-the-stone-age-josh-homme-qa/", Decibel Magazine (July 22nd, 2011).

“Does anyone ever get this right?
I feel no love.”

Josh Homme

"The Vampyre of Time and Memory", ...Like Clockwork (2013)
Lyrics, Queens of the Stone Age

“With my toes on the edge, it's such a lovely view.”

Josh Homme

"I Appear Missing", ...Like Clockwork (2013)
Lyrics, Queens of the Stone Age

“The rules were always there. There was always one rule; don't break the golden rule, which is if someone says that they love your music, so they love you and you're amazing; you're not amazing. You're not amazing. It's not you, they don't know you, you know? It's not that way. So don't believe that. I don't believe that about myself, and I don't believe when someone likes me too much or hates me too much. I don't believe they know what they're talking about.”

Josh Homme

" JOSHUA HOMME: “IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT’S BEEN SAID, IT’S NEVER BEEN SAID BY ME” http://www.antiquiet.com/news/2010/09/josh-homme-interview-zane-lowe/", Antiquet (August 27th, 2009)

Josh Homme: Trending quotes

“I want God to come and take me home, 'cause I'm all alone in this crowd.”

Josh Homme

"The Vampyre of Time and Memory", ...Like Clockwork (2013)
Lyrics, Queens of the Stone Age

God , Home

“Open up your mouth, touch your lips to mine,
That we may make a kiss that can pierce through death and survive.”

Josh Homme

"The Blood Is Love", Lullabies to Paralyze (2005)
Lyrics, Queens of the Stone Age

Death , Kiss

“This song is actually about when I got arrested for about 30 minutes in Mexico, and as we were just about to cross into Tijuana, we were just about to cross the "Bridge of Freedom", which I always thought was an ironic name for the bridge into Tijuana, or the one coming back for that matter. And this woman was selling these crucifixes before you got to the bridge, and she looked at me and said "You're in for trouble", and I just scoffed and laughed and was like "You don't live forever" and I thought "Jeez, what's up with the weird old woman?". And then later that night I was sitting in this police car in Tijuana and they just beat the crap out of this other guy, not that I was with, and I was like "Am I next?". I had bought this fake gold chain because my dad had said "If you go to Tijuana, have some fake jewellery to barter with."”

Josh Homme

I traded with them - they just wanted cash. But I felt so sick in the back of the police car that I was like "If I throw up in here I'm dead".
Over the Years and Through the Woods, "Mexicola" commentary footage (2005)
Over the Years and Through the Woods

Cars , Guy , Freedom , Night

Josh Homme Quotes

“If ignorance is bliss, then I'm in heaven now.”

Josh Homme

"3's & 7's", Era Vulgaris (2007)
Lyrics, Queens of the Stone Age

“Nicotine, valium, vicodin, marijuana, ecstasy and alcohol.”

Josh Homme

"Feel Good Hit of the Summer", Rated R (2000)
Lyrics, Queens of the Stone Age

Alcohol , Marijuana

“Josh (footage): Y'all ready to see Foo Fighters?
Nick Oliveri (footage): God damn, I thought they were here to see us!
Josh (footage): Well, I thought they were too! Well, not yet. You got a minute, you're a little early.
Troy Van Leeuwen: Sorry I'm late, I was just getting beer.
Josh: But they were early.
Josh (footage): Oh yeah… I'll see you all wherever you are. Uhhhh…
Josh: No, I'm not high there. Not at all.”

Josh Homme

Over the Years and Through the Woods, ("How to Handle a Rope") commentary footage (2005)
Over the Years and Through the Woods

God , Beer

“…but I'm also a father, a husband and a raging alcoholic…”

Josh Homme

" Josh Homme Talks Tour Superstition http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=712MM-wF3r8", "O2 Academy" (June 2011)

Alcohol , Rage

“Not everything that goes around comes back around, you know.”

Josh Homme

"...Like Clockwork", ...Like Clockwork (2013)
Lyrics, Queens of the Stone Age

“I think that provided us to do it this time, because it's like okay, we've cleared that air, you know, we're friends and we respect that he's the best rock drummer in the world, you know. You can be as good, but you’re not better than Dave Grohl.”

Josh Homme

" Josh Homme Interview http://thefade.net/oldsite/transcripts/0208xxjosh.html", The Fade.org (Aug. 2002).

World , Thinking , Time

“Never again will I repeat myself
Enough is never enough
Never again will I repeat myself.”

Josh Homme

"I'm Designer", Era Vulgaris (2007)
Lyrics, Queens of the Stone Age

“Whenever someone says, 'We're all one,' I've always been like 'No we're not, and that's what's great, so stop saying that or everyone's gonna start believing you.' But yeah, as we all look at the same projection on the wall, we do become one, and I started to realize the horror of that. And I make no attempt to try to alter it from being that; my thing is more about trying to apply some principles of magic—how to walk between the raindrops—and take advantage of a situation like that, because it’s the only choice you have.”

Josh Homme

“I want a new mistake, lose is more than hesitate.”

Josh Homme

"Go with the Flow", Songs for the Deaf (2002)
Lyrics, Queens of the Stone Age

“Dave (Catching) played lap steel, a little guitar, keys and did a lot of drinking.”

Josh Homme

Over the Years and Through the Woods, "The Bronze" commentary footage (2005)
Over the Years and Through the Woods

Drink

“You can't upstroke yourself into toughness.”

Josh Homme

" Josh Homme - Guitar Moves - Episode 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJDUHq2mJx0" Noisey (May 29, 2013)

“You say bigger's better, but bigger's bigger.”

Josh Homme

"Turnin' on the Screw", Era Vulgaris (2007)
Lyrics, Queens of the Stone Age

“I'm gonna suture up my future.”

Josh Homme

"Suture Up Your Future", Era Vulgaris (2007)
Lyrics, Queens of the Stone Age

Future

“My years of reading P. T. Barnum is finally coming into play. [snaps fingers] This notion of saying nothing, of keeping a secret, and doing it in a way that's not elitist but that's like, You wanna come in here and hear? [whispers] We have a secret. That's all that I can tell you. But you're involved. You know?”

Josh Homme

Secret , Way , Reading

“Alain Johannes: How come everything's red though? Is it a red light or…”

Josh Homme

Over the Years and Through the Woods, ("How to Handle a Rope") commentary footage (2005)
Over the Years and Through the Woods

Light

“"Punk fusion"… "metal", "alternative"… "grindcore". What the hell is all that stuff?”

Josh Homme

Kyuss interview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bqai2XYiFyI, The Rivoli, Toronto (December 13, 1992)

Hell

“Close your eyes, and see the skies are falling.”

Josh Homme

"The Sky Is Fallin'", Songs for the Deaf (2002)
Lyrics, Queens of the Stone Age

“New Zealand interviewer: What's it like for you guys, has it been "sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll", that stuff?
Josh: Six drugs? There's been more than that!
[All laugh]
Josh: I need to hear that question again, I'm sorry.
Dave Grohl: Why? That was the best answer you could possibly have given!
[Laughter continues]
Josh: I wake up in the middle of stuff, sometimes. 'Cause of my condition, y'know.
New Zealand interviewer: Which is?
Josh: I'm a badass.”

Josh Homme

Them Crooked Vultures interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zjxJ6MYR1Q, New Zealand (2010)

Sex , Guy , Question , Laughter

“I think now is the best thing that you’ll ever get, and that’s all you’ll ever get.”

Josh Homme

Reported in Jonathan Horsley, " Queens of the Stone Age: Josh Homme Q&A http://www.decibelmagazine.com/uncategorized/queens-of-the-stone-age-josh-homme-qa/", Decibel Magazine (July 22nd, 2011).

Thinking

“The more you've found, the less you've been around.”

Josh Homme

"The Bronze", The Split CD (1998)
Lyrics, Queens of the Stone Age

“One thing that is clear, it's all downhill from here.”

Josh Homme

"...Like Clockwork", ...Like Clockwork (2013)
Lyrics, Queens of the Stone Age

“I don't care if it hurts, just so long as it's real.”

Josh Homme

"Suture Up Your Future", Era Vulgaris (2007)
Lyrics, Queens of the Stone Age

Hurt

“Holding on too long is just a fear of letting go.”

Josh Homme

"...Like Clockwork", ...Like Clockwork (2013)
Lyrics, Queens of the Stone Age

Fear

“There's no one here
And people everywhere
You're on you're own.”

Josh Homme

"Better Living Through Chemistry", Rated R (2000)
Lyrics, Queens of the Stone Age

People

“It's like catching a fish, you know what I mean? It's the fish that's beautiful, not the fisherman. And I think whoever hasn't understood that attitude in Queens is not here any more. And if I ever think the fisherman's better than the fish, I hope someone fuckin' fires me too.”

Josh Homme

" Dazed & Confused Magazine | Josh Homme | Sept'10 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zf8MQqPIroc", Dazed & Confused Magazine (September 2010)

Beauty , Hope , Thinking , Fish

“Well, I come from a long, long line of smartasses. Smartass is allergic to dumbass. It’s actually a physical allergy, as in you’re repulsed by dumbasses.”

Josh Homme

Reported in Eddy Lawrence, " Josh Homme: Interview http://www.timeout.com/london/music/features/4199/Josh_Homme-interview.html", Time Out London (February 5, 2008).

“I get scared all the time. I try not to let it have any impact on the decision of whether to do it or not. I think you can separate yourself from your fears. You know what you should do, and it’s just scary to do it. But I’d hate to let the fact that I’m scared to do it make me not do it. It ends up defining you.”

Josh Homme

Reported in Eddy Lawrence, " Josh Homme: Interview http://www.timeout.com/london/music/features/4199/Josh_Homme-interview.html", Time Out London (February 5, 2008).

Hate , Fear , Thinking , Decision

“You don't find your way, the way finds you.”

Josh Homme

"Someone's in the Wolf", Lullabies to Paralyze (2005)
Lyrics, Queens of the Stone Age

Way

“(during "Feel Good Hit of the Summer") I wanna tell you something. I'm never gonna give you up, I'm never gonna let you down. I'm never gonna run around and desert you.”

Josh Homme

Stage banter

Feeling , Summer

“I blow my load over the status-quo, here we go.”

Josh Homme

"Smooth Sailing", ...Like Clockwork (2013)
Lyrics, Queens of the Stone Age

“Music is the best way that I know to say the things that are difficult to say in English. Words get in the way sometimes.”

Josh Homme

Music , Way

“It's truly a lie, I counterfeit myself.”

Josh Homme

"I'm Designer", Era Vulgaris (2007)
Lyrics, Queens of the Stone Age

Lie

“Yeah, I can make all the tequila in a bottle disappear. It’s a talent. Nothing comes easy and talent is something you get but, if you don’t develop it, it becomes like an apple; you keep taking bites of it until it’s gone. So you have to plant the seeds. Then you have the orchard. And then you have Jonestown.”

Josh Homme

Reported in Eddy Lawrence, " Josh Homme: Interview http://www.timeout.com/london/music/features/4199/Josh_Homme-interview.html", Time Out London (February 5, 2008).

“But the truth is, I don't have ADD. I have OKHY: OK, hell yeah.”

Josh Homme

" Queens of the Stone Age: Josh Homme comes back from the brink http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/jun/01/queens-stone-age-like-clockwork" The Guardian (June 1, 2013)

Truth , Hell

“Frayed not. (in response to a question on whether he considers The Fray an influence after they listed him as an influence)”

Josh Homme

Stage banter

Question

“Risk nothing, get nothing. If you wanna be famous, then it's OK if the music is fake, because fame isn't real.”

Josh Homme

" Queens of the Stone Age: Josh Homme comes back from the brink http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/jun/01/queens-stone-age-like-clockwork" The Guardian (June 1, 2013)

Music

“Silence is closer
We're passing ships in the night.”

Josh Homme

"I Sat By the Ocean", ...Like Clockwork (2013)
Lyrics, Queens of the Stone Age

Silence , Night

“Never heckle Joshua Michael Homme III.”

Josh Homme

Stage banter

“You live 'till you die.”

Josh Homme

"In the Fade", Rated R (2000)
Lyrics, Queens of the Stone Age

“It's all my head, I know
Or so they tell me so.”

Josh Homme

"I Think I Lost My Headache", Rated R (2000)
Lyrics, Queens of the Stone Age

“Time wounds all the heals, as we fade out of view.”

Josh Homme

"I Sat By the Ocean", ...Like Clockwork (2013)
Lyrics, Queens of the Stone Age

Time

“This is my fuckin' stage!”

Josh Homme

Stage banter

“I THINK OF INTERSCOPE AND ALL THESE LABELS AS THE BIGGEST FUCKING IDIOTS ON THE PLANET. And print that in capitals, because they can’t do anything to me.”

Josh Homme

Thinking

“Whenever someone says, 'We're all one,' I've always been like 'No we're not, and that's what's great, so stop saying that or everyone's gonna start believing you.'”

Josh Homme

Source: Reported in Jay Babcock, " MUSIC IS NEVER WRONG: A visit with Josh Homme & John Paul Jones of Them Crooked Vultures http://www.arthurmag.com/2009/10/15/them-crooked-vultures/", Arthur Magazine (October 15, 2009).
Context: But yeah, as we all look at the same projection on the wall, we do become one, and I started to realize the horror of that. And I make no attempt to try to alter it from being that; my thing is more about trying to apply some principles of magic—how to walk between the raindrops—and take advantage of a situation like that, because it’s the only choice you have.