" 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)

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

Reported in Jay Babcock, " JOSHUA HOMME: People say &#91;record&#93; 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).

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

Josh Homme

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

“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

“…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)

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

Josh Homme

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