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.
People don't want their actors acting like musicians.
I think people believe I'm some kind of evil dictator sometimes. But I don't much care about that.
Get these people drunk. I don't know if you're aware of this, but we're horrible acoustic. We're going to play all of Neil Diamond's greatest hits, chronologically, alphabetically and scientologically.
Making people uncomfortable is one of my hobbies. I'm always hoping that half the people get the joke and the other half are the joke.
Making people uncomfortable is one of my hobbies.
I asked my friend Greg Andersson to introduce me to people that can distribute my album.
The first time Kyuss was about to get signed, they're like, 'We'd like to sign you!' and we just said, 'No! Forget it!' because we thought people were always trying to invade everything.
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.
I've worked at a deli, I've worked construction, I've worked a few different jobs.
Queens of the Stone Age: A Stone Unturned.
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.
Sometimes hard decisions have to be made, and sometimes wonderful decisions have to be made. You've got to be willing to make them all.
Vinyl has gotten to the point where it's exclusively for the collector, I guess.