Rivers Cuomo
Rivers Cuomo
Rivers Cuomois an American musician and singer-songwriter. He is best known as the lead vocalist, lead guitarist and songwriter of the alternative rock band Weezer, with whom he has recorded eleven studio albums...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth13 June 1970
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
air record
It's up in the air, ... But in my mind, it's up in the air for every artist. Who knows, really, if they are going to record another record?
awe endless energy intense intensity lungs night phenomenon rock screaming
It's the most explosive, intense rock phenomenon ever seen. I am in awe every night, ... (Grohl) has such endless energy and intensity night after night screaming his lungs out. I don't see how he does it.
changed easier faith flow meditating music purely scientific watched
With no faith, purely as a scientific experiment, I started meditating and watched if it changed my music. It did, but it didn't make it more mellow. It made it easier to get into the flow of creativity.
Weezer isn't stuck in roles, so we just do what we want to do, what makes us excited.
album commit finishing happen nice putting quote reasons together
When we were putting the album together and finishing up the artwork, I didn't know what was going to happen in the future, and I told everyone that. I told them, 'Let's commit to this year, and see what happens,' ... And that was one of the reasons why I put that quote in there, because I thought it's a really nice way to say goodbye, if it is a goodbye.
best critical
What I am best at is reading a book and then writing a critical essay.
biggest fan love music people sure
In some ways, I feel like I was Nirvana's biggest fan in the Nineties. I'm sure there are a zillion people who would make that claim, but I was just so passionately in love with the music that it made me feel sick. It made my heart hurt.
fear life meditation separated work
Meditation hasn't separated me from my life and my friends and my work. It's just made my fear go away, so I can just be that much more engaged.
I've always thought of myself as so unsuited to be a frontman.
I've always seen myself as a grown-up. Since I was a little kid.
fixated time
I was fixated on Prince's 'Black Album' for a long time.
dad final good kids
I think I'm a good dad. It's hard. Ultimately, it's our kids that have the final word. So we'll have to ask them.
I don't ever want anyone to think that I'm being judgmental. I gotta do everything I can do to not be preachy.
'Easy' is not a word I would ever use to describe touring.