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
I got into guitar because no parent will buy their eight-year-old kid drums unless they're divorced and trying to get back at their wife. You know what I mean?
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.
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.
When you get sick and it's extended, you go through all these mental phases, and everyone handles them differently.
When you expect anything from music, you expect too much.
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.
Vinyl has gotten to the point where it's exclusively for the collector, I guess.
Ultimately, words are only words, and its only the music that stands by itself.
I'm always looking for cool stuff to do because that's what we're supposed to do, ya know?
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.
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.
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.