Mike Patton

Forgive me, but Wolfmother, you suck!

— Mike Patton

A lot of concerts are just too safe.

— Mike Patton

I saw G.G. Allin live once.

— Mike Patton

I am no one to be a purist.

— Mike Patton

My tools are musicians, effects, things like that.

— Mike Patton

I got a PS3 and a PSP. The Wii looks fun.

— Mike Patton

Conducting is way over my head.

— Mike Patton

Acting is even stranger than I thought it would be.

— Mike Patton

Everything with Peeping Tom is kind of a guessing game. It's constantly exhilarating but also exhausting.

— Mike Patton

I like to have a few things going on at once. It feels natural.

— Mike Patton

My fear is getting stuck doing the same thing over and over.

— Mike Patton

Part of what Faith No More shows are is chaos and unpredictability.

— Mike Patton

If a person wants to be atheistic it's his God-given right to be an atheist.

— Mike Patton

When you have to put on shades in the studio, you know you have to stop.

— Mike Patton

More traditional guitar, bass, drums - it's not something completely natural to me. It's, in a way, exotic.

— Mike Patton

Relationships are complicated - put it that way, okay?

— Mike Patton

The creative process for a musician is very different than for a filmmaker. I have an idea, and I can pretty much…

— Mike Patton

Especially with Fantomas, i'm just trying to stretch out what the band can do. Figuring out, really, on the job or on…

— Mike Patton

We're constantly being fed images and being told what to like and what is good, and for the most part, I think…

— Mike Patton

There are reasons that bands and musicians make demos and outtakes - because they are not good enough to make the record.…

— Mike Patton

I would like to do more film scoring, period. Whether it is a big film, a small film, or just anything. I…

— Mike Patton

Hearing other peoples' interpretations of your lyrics, to me, is just a total kick in the pants. Half the time, they're better.

— Mike Patton

I don't get too much enjoyment out of sitting around the campfire and looking at old photos. That's just not me. I…

— Mike Patton

To me, the stage is like the free zone. That's what makes it exhilarating. For whatever reason, there's this weird little square…

— Mike Patton

I remember playing with John Zorn and Ikue Mori in Taiwan in a school classroom. There were, like, 15 people there, maybe,…

— Mike Patton

With Mr. Bungle, I'd lay down a really rough demo of my vocals and then play them for the guys without telling…

— Mike Patton

I lived in Italy for quite a while and married an Italian woman. While there, I immersed myself in the complete culture:…

— Mike Patton

When you come into a pre-existing situation, you gotta have your own thing going. You gotta be really strong about it, and…

— Mike Patton

There are so many ideas that I have in my mind, of projects that I would love to tackle, people I would…

— Mike Patton

Puffy's the only guy who's jealous. All drummers want to be singers. I think it's a myth that the singer needs to…

— Mike Patton

If I was in a bad mood, then maybe I won't talk about it, but you're going to know about it somehow.…

— Mike Patton

I think that too many people think too much about my lyrics. I am more a person who works with the sound…

— Mike Patton

The creative process for a musician is very different than for a filmmaker. I have an idea and I can pretty much…

— Mike Patton

I don't like to use toilets - ever.

— Mike Patton

I'm not a trained musician.

— Mike Patton

I think you create your own freedom.

— Mike Patton

I've had at least a couple botched surgeries.

— Mike Patton

I'm not in the business of suffering.

— Mike Patton

My wife is Italian, and I lived there for six years.

— Mike Patton

I'm surprised that anyone cares about what I do.

— Mike Patton