I write lyrics based on music, on a musical flow, and what sounds good at the time. — Mike Patton Copy Share Image
A lot of people assume that musicians are comrades by nature. It's cutthroat like anything else. — Mike Patton Copy Share Image
That's what my music is good for - clearing out the house and being alone. — Mike Patton Copy Share Image
The creative process for a musician is very different than for a filmmaker. I have an idea, and I can pretty much… — Mike Patton Copy Share Image
There are reasons that bands and musicians make demos and outtakes - because they are not good enough to make the record.… — Mike Patton Copy Share Image
Any idiot, any stockbroker can get out there and live out a fantasy and pretend like he's playing music. And I don't… — Mike Patton Copy Share Image
That's one of the great things about touring. It makes you machinelike in a way that you can re-create this music not… — Mike Patton Copy Share Image
I'm not a poet. I'm not up onstage to get something off my chest. I'm making musical statements, or, most of the… — Mike Patton Copy Share Image
Orchestral musicians have a different approach than we do, and when I say 'we,' I mean musicians who don't know what they… — Mike Patton Copy Share Image
I don't read or write music in the traditional sense, so I have to figure it out on the fly while I'm… — Mike Patton Copy Share Image
I am constantly amazed at the musicians that are able to do the same thing over and over for 20 or more… — Mike Patton Copy Share Image
I lived in Italy for quite a while and married an Italian woman. While there, I immersed myself in the complete culture:… — Mike Patton Copy Share Image
I lived in Italy for a number of years and I was really digging around trying to get my hands dirty, trying… — Mike Patton Copy Share Image
Revenge is good. I think revenge is healthy too, and if you can use music in that way, a sort of therapeutic… — Mike Patton Copy Share Image
The only way I can make sense of my music is to compartmentalize it as opposed to having one band that I… — Mike Patton Copy Share Image
The creative process for a musician is very different than for a filmmaker. I have an idea and I can pretty much… — Mike Patton Copy Share Image
I've always been interested in film, so to get involved in any way in the genesis of making a film or music… — Mike Patton Copy Share Image
I've got a comfortable home for my music where I can put out whatever the hell I want, and I feel like… — Mike Patton Copy Share Image
As an artist, I would never let myself get boxed in. I'm a human being, too, and like most humans, I have… — Mike Patton Copy Share Image
Diamanda Galás, the avant-weird performance artist... 'The devil's wife,' someone calls her. Faith No More loves Diamanda Galás. — Mike Patton Copy Share
I am constantly amazed at the musicians that are able to do the same thing over and over for 20 or more years. That… — Mike Patton Copy Share
I have to make an effort about things like going to the grocery store. That stuff reminds me that I don't live in the… — Mike Patton Copy Share
I'm at a point now where I crave healthy musical environments, where there is a genuine exchange of ideas without repressed envy or resentment,… — Mike Patton Copy Share
I lived in Italy for quite a while and married an Italian woman. While there, I immersed myself in the complete culture: the music,… — Mike Patton Copy Share
There has to be an element of danger, or at least an element of intrigue, for a band to be interesting. — Mike Patton Copy Share
If someone were to hire me for a film they'd be getting a certain kind of package, that's for sure, a certain set of… — Mike Patton Copy Share
There are so many ideas that I have in my mind, of projects that I would love to tackle, people I would love to… — Mike Patton Copy Share
To me, finding sounds, or even recording, is a compositional process. The studio is kind of an instrument. — Mike Patton Copy Share
