Joshua Homme
Joshua 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...
gigs strikes please
I've been playing live gigs since I was 13. I really don't know how to do anything else, and please God strike me down.
american-musician commit original sound
I think our thing is that you commit to go in and try to sound as original as possible. We just do our own thing because that's the obligation!
american-musician anyone hopefully life living people watching
Well, when you're just living your life and not watching anyone else's, you write about your thing and hopefully it's something people can latch onto.
accept american-musician few ways
We are all the same in most ways and their is only a few things that make you and I different and you should only accept the way of those things.
american-musician concert dvds extra watch
I think sometimes when I watch some of these DVDs of live concerts, it's just the whole concert and that's it! You know? I want to do extra stuff.
american-musician ruin start stood trouble
I don't want to start a label, actually, but Man's Ruin was going under and they were having some trouble doing what they'd always stood for.
american-musician cool ruin thinking
I don't necessarily think about it so much, because I don't want to ruin the possibility of something cool by thinking about it.
thinking make-you-think trying
When you try to put everything into music, there's no room left to try to make you think we're cool. We know you think we're cool.
thinking understanding relief
I think the notion of understanding each other is a relief. It's not a thing you get with everyone you hang out with.
song selfish forever
The music as a whole is selfish, but the musicians aren't," "The song may go on forever but it's not about competition within the band; it's about playing as a band.
depressing writing dark
I like to write about things that are dark or twisted. Where the poetry seems to be is when you start in the dark and reach for the light - that's what makes it not depressing to me.
years three desert
I'm just going to put out three or four releases a year and make it so that if you like the Desert Sessions, then you'll definitely like everything else.
music atm want
I break my back for music because it's something that I love, but I'm not going to break my back for a bank. I wouldn't want to be an ATM repairman; there are some things that just aren't worth it.
real care honest
All I really care about is that I'm being honest and I'm real and I'm coming from a real place.