I went through a period where I was really tired of seeing and reading about myself. — Michael Stipe Copy Share Image
I think there were early critics who wanted us to change the world because the Sex Pistols failed. — Michael Stipe Copy Share Image
“who will tend the farm museums who will dust the day belongings? ” — Michael Stipe Museums Copy Share Image
A wise man once said-'the skill in attending a party is knowing when it's time to leave,' — Michael Stipe Copy Share Image
When we first started, we were a band from Athens and that was so off the map. — Michael Stipe Athens Copy Share Image
I was vulnerable every day. Every night that I stepped on stage I was laying myself open. — Michael Stipe Copy Share Image
“Take what you see on TV, mix in a guy who's turned 30 and still doesn't have a job, throw in some… — Michael Stipe America 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 Advice Copy Share Image
When I get really hammered I take my clothes off. That's a sure sign. It's been a long time since the last… — Michael Stipe Clothes Copy Share Image
The song "Sing for the Submarine" presents my dream world, which is way different from my waking world. It's set in the… — Michael Stipe Copy Share Image
Sometimes I'm confused by what I think is really obvious. But what I think is really obvious obviously isn't obvious... — Michael Stipe Copy Share Image
By nature I will find hope in everything. Even if it's the most incredibly hopeless situation or circumstance. That's just me... I'll… — Michael Stipe Copy Share Image
And I don't expect anyone can bring about a revolution in the way that Bob Dylan did - and really didn't -… — Michael Stipe Copy Share Image
I went through this difficult time [in the 1984] when we were making our third record where I kind of lost my… — Michael Stipe Bulimia 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
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
When I hear music as a fan, I see fields. I see landscapes. I close my eyes and see an entire universe… — Michael Stipe Copy Share Image
I was a teenager, we were pretty much fully indoctrinated, thanks to sexual scare tactics. I remember so many public-health commercials with… — Michael Stipe Abstinence Copy Share Image
There is always something of the writer in the work but I don't think Melville had to be swallowed by a whale… — Michael Stipe Character 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
By the time I was 18, I had absorbed punk rock from America, Britain, and the West Coast. All of it was… — 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
I was vegetarian, trying to eat from fast-food restaurants without meat. I didn't know how to eat properly and I was starving.… — Michael Stipe Abstinence Copy Share Image
“When I was young and full of grace And spirited - a rattlesnake When I was young and fever fell My spirit,… — Michael Stipe Adventure Copy Share Image
When we signed with Warner Bros., they knew what they were getting. They knew they weren't going to get some easily manipulated… — Michael Stipe Copy Share Image
If you disagree with me, fine! Because that's the great thing about America, we can disagree! — Michael Stipe America Copy Share Image
There was never a golden era of American radio as far as I can tell. — Michael Stipe Eras Copy Share Image
I really wanted to be on Six Feet Under as a corpse. That would be hysterical. — Michael Stipe Copy Share Image
My feeling is that labels are for canned food... I am what I am - and I know what I am. — Michael Stipe Canned Copy Share Image
I'm tired of being this solemn poet of the masses, the enigma shrouded in a mystery. — Michael Stipe Enigma Copy Share Image
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