Josh Homme

In the event that everything goes wrong and I'm not here tomorrow, there's not enough time to fuck around. Why make art? Because it beautifies the world. It's above people. It's idealistic. It's something to strive for that is not the mundane. It gives people peace of mind. It's something you reach for that you can barely tickle but not quite get a hold of. And this [outpouring] makes that idealistic beauty so bright that you'd have to be a bitter asshole to deny its existence.

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In the event that everything goes wrong and I'm not here tomorrow, there's not enough time to fuck around. Why make art? Because it beautifies the world. It's above people. It's idealistic. It's something to strive for that is not the mundane. It gives people peace of mind. It's something you reach for that you can barely tickle but not quite get a hold of. And this [outpouring] makes that idealistic beauty so bright that you'd have to be a bitter asshole to deny its existence.

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Guitar solos, to me, should be a really articulate way to make fun of guitar solos.

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I look at my career as a body of work, not just Queens of the Stone Age records. I'm in Eagles of Death Metal, I'm in Them Crooked Vultures; I make records with other people.

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The expression of this idea is Queens of the Stone Age, but the idea is that you will never slack on the music and will always humble yourself at the alter of Rock.

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The first record I bought was a Carl Perkins record, because I saw him at The Festival at Sandpoint, Idaho. I loved Elvis and I found out that he wrote 'Blue Suede Shoes'... so connecting that experience of going to see him play was pretty awesome. That's when I realised I wanted to play guitar.

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I'm a fairly upbeat and happy guy, you know? I don't like people that feel sorry for themselves, and I traditionally stay away from people like that.

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I've always considered myself a workaholic... The way I work, I have to turn myself upside down and hang myself by my ankles and wring myself out like a wet sweater, and I have to do that with other people, too, because I think that's where something good comes out.

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Vinyl has gotten to the point where it's exclusively for the collector, I guess.

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You wanna be there for everybody, but it's just not possible.

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I'm always looking for cool stuff to do because that's what we're supposed to do, ya know?

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Quotes by Josh Homme