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title: "1 Album Really Quotes By Mike Shinoda"
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> [Right now, when it comes to making an album, we really want to give our fans just Linkin Park. We don't want to water it down with anything else or confuse it with anything else. Meteora is just us and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-shinoda/right-now-when-it-comes-to-making-an-album-we-really-want-to-give-our/)

[Mike Shinoda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-shinoda/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c38/mike-shinoda-14815_albums_right-now-when-it-comes-to-making-an-alb_2929832.jpg)

## More by Mike Shinoda

> [When we started the band, it was because we were waiting for a sound that never happened. We got tired of waiting, and we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-shinoda/when-we-started-the-band-it-was-because-we-were-waiting-for-a-sound/)

[Mike Shinoda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-shinoda/)

> [Dream big, work hard and don't be an asshole!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-shinoda/dream-big-work-hard-and-don-t-be-an-asshole/)

[Mike Shinoda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-shinoda/)

> [We learned pretty early on in this band that you can't have snobbery in music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-shinoda/we-learned-pretty-early-on-in-this-band-that-you-can-t-have-snobbery/)

[Mike Shinoda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-shinoda/)

> [I like sneakers. I guess I could call myself a collector.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-shinoda/i-like-sneakers-i-guess-i-could-call-myself-a-collector/)

[Mike Shinoda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-shinoda/)

> [I feel really lucky to be in a band where the guys, for all the opportunities to do things that potentially would be good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-shinoda/i-feel-really-lucky-to-be-in-a-band-where-the-guys-for-all-the/)

[Mike Shinoda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-shinoda/)

> [Who can't relate to the idea of leaving one chapter behind and moving on to the next?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-shinoda/who-can-t-relate-to-the-idea-of-leaving-one-chapter-behind-and-moving/)

[Mike Shinoda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-shinoda/)

> [This is ten percent luck, Twenty percent skill, Fifteen percent power of will, Five percent pleasure, Fifty percent pain, and a hundred percent reason…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-shinoda/this-is-ten-percent-luck-twenty-percent-skill-fifteen-percent-power/)

[Mike Shinoda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-shinoda/)

> [My parents still treat Christmas like I'm thirteen years old.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-shinoda/my-parents-still-treat-christmas-like-i-m-thirteen-years-old/)

[Mike Shinoda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-shinoda/)

> [I spent ten years playing classical piano, and that was what led to keyboards and eventually to production and to Linkin Park.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-shinoda/i-spent-ten-years-playing-classical-piano-and-that-was-what-led-to/)

[Mike Shinoda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-shinoda/)

> [Most of the musicians that I know almost to the man everybody uses Apple computers. They've thought of the steps that you're going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-shinoda/most-of-the-musicians-that-i-know-almost-to-the-man-everybody-uses/)

[Mike Shinoda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-shinoda/)

> [I got over being embarrassed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-shinoda/i-got-over-being-embarrassed/)

[Mike Shinoda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-shinoda/)

> [For me, I feel like, if the right movie comes along, I'd do it again. It's not about the budget. It's about whether it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-shinoda/for-me-i-feel-like-if-the-right-movie-comes-along-i-d-do-it-again-it/)

[Mike Shinoda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-shinoda/)

> [I liked the piano. I always liked playing. I just hated homework.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-shinoda/i-liked-the-piano-i-always-liked-playing-i-just-hated-homework/)

[Mike Shinoda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-shinoda/)

> [When I was in high school, if my favorite band got too popular, I'd watch carefully.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-shinoda/when-i-was-in-high-school-if-my-favorite-band-got-too-popular-i-d/)

[Mike Shinoda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-shinoda/)

> [I'd rather get up early and go out and do something than stay up late and screw up my body.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-shinoda/i-d-rather-get-up-early-and-go-out-and-do-something-than-stay-up-late/)

[Mike Shinoda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-shinoda/)

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