Josh Homme
Josh Homme
Joshua Michael "Josh" Homme is an American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, and actor. He is the founder and only continuous member of the rock band Queens of the Stone Age, in which he sings and plays guitar, as well as occasionally playing piano, drums, and bass. He also serves as the band's primary songwriter...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth17 May 1973
CityJoshua Tree, CA
CountryUnited States of America
People think that when they're playing it safe, they're trying to preserve what they have, but there is no preservation of what you have in music. There's no safety in music.
I've always had a sick sense of humor, and I've always wanted that to permeate the music because I don't take myself seriously. I take the music seriously, but I know I'm not God's gift to anyone except my mom.
Vinyl has gotten to the point where it's exclusively for the collector, I guess.
Well, I think what's most important is the idea of something.
Why would you choose being bitter over choosing to make music? Being bitter is gross. It doesn't amount to anything.
When it's time to make music, that's about getting lost for me. To be a control freak is not half as good as being a freak who's casually in control. You're feeling around in the dark for something that feels good.
Music is the only thing I've ever known that doesn't have any rules at all.
Music's supposed to be real. When it really touches you, it's supposed to be real.
I'm always looking for cool stuff to do because that's what we're supposed to do, ya know?
When you expect anything from music, you expect too much.
Ultimately, words are only words, and its only the music that stands by itself.
The problem is that music is selfish in that you need to make it for yourself, so that you can give it away, and those two things don't jive. I needed to find the right reason to play that had the magic and mystery and excitement that made me want to play in the first place.
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.
So the thing is to put out music for music's sake.