They spoke truth and a lot of people listened… that voice, Kurt we miss you. — Michael Stipe Copy Share Image
At the [teenage] time, I did have an inkling of my sexuality. And I had an inkling that I was different from… — Michael Stipe Copy Share Image
Be yourself. Follow your heart. I know it sounds obvious, but it's the best advice at anyone ever. Take advice from other… — Michael Stipe Copy Share Image
So, when you divide the world into music lovers, music fans and then those people who are just very casual about their… — Michael Stipe Copy Share Image
There are people that very strongly identify themselves as gay and then lesbian, and then I think there are a lot of… — Michael Stipe Copy Share Image
But we're very much an American band and that's that. I think that's part of the appeal outside of this country and… — Michael Stipe Copy Share Image
Super casual music listeners. That's most of the people in the world. And you have to understand, that's why Top 40 radio… — Michael Stipe Copy Share Image
There was a point in the '80s when I looked out at my audience and I saw people that - were I… — Michael Stipe Copy Share Image
We're absolutely American and distinctly so, I think. That's part of what people respond to outside of this country, part of the… — Michael Stipe Copy Share Image
I had to get a driver's license and drive to St. Louis to find the punk-rock scene that was happening there. And… — Michael Stipe Copy Share Image
I've never written a song that's hopeless. I'm not a hopeless person. I'm crazily optimistic. I crazily see the good in people.… — Michael Stipe Copy Share Image
Once I reached my 40s, I thought to myself that if I'm going to play live now, I need to really mean… — Michael Stipe Copy Share Image
There tend to be two different drives that lead young people toward music. One is that music provides an escape; it takes… — Michael Stipe Copy Share Image
I was born in Georgia. That's where my grandparents-and all my people-are from. But my family traveled a great deal because my… — Michael Stipe Copy Share Image
At the [teenage] time, I did have an inkling of my sexuality. And I had an inkling that I was different from other people… — Michael Stipe Copy Share
I don't find R.E.M. to be nihilistic. There is a constant undertone of joyous optimism. I'm not going to kill myself to Patti Smith… — Michael Stipe Copy Share
I simply constructed a project to try to snap Kurt [Cobain] out of a frame of mind. I sent him a plane ticket and… — Michael Stipe Copy Share
I was vulnerable every day. Every night that I stepped on stage I was laying myself open. — Michael Stipe Copy Share
We're absolutely American and distinctly so, I think. That's part of what people respond to outside of this country, part of the reason that… — Michael Stipe Copy Share
[Columbia House] magazines were how I found out about the punk world going on in New York. Because of what I read, at the… — Michael Stipe Copy Share
I'm tired of being this solemn poet of the masses, the enigma shrouded in a mystery. — Michael Stipe Copy Share
Frankly I'm not great with heroin addicts. I tried heroin, but it was by accident. I'm not great with that level of substance abuse. — Michael Stipe Copy Share
The whole punk ethic was do-it-yourself, and I've always been very literal, especially as a kid. When they said that anybody can do this,… — Michael Stipe Copy Share
They spoke truth and a lot of people listened… that voice, Kurt we miss you. — Michael Stipe Copy Share
A wise man once said-'the skill in attending a party is knowing when it's time to leave,' — Michael Stipe Copy Share
Anything you do as a group is fraught with compromise... But everyone 's got to do that, right? It's part of being a good… — Michael Stipe Copy Share
To be called an elder statesman is so unbelievably insulting. Brad Pitt is exactly three years younger than me. — Michael Stipe Copy Share
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