I was a producer and rapper before Linkin Park. Once the band took off, it was the center of my focus. A couple of years ago, I started missing doing straight-up hip hop, and that's when Fort Minor began. — Mike Shinoda Copy Share Image
When we started the band, it was because we were waiting for a sound that never happened. We got tired of waiting, and we… — Mike Shinoda Copy Share Image
We learned pretty early on in this band that you can't have snobbery in music. — Mike Shinoda Copy Share Image
I feel really lucky to be in a band where the guys, for all the opportunities to do things that potentially would be good… — Mike Shinoda Copy Share Image
Who can't relate to the idea of leaving one chapter behind and moving on to the next? — Mike Shinoda Copy Share Image
This is ten percent luck, Twenty percent skill, Fifteen percent power of will, Five percent pleasure, Fifty percent pain, and a hundred percent reason… — Mike Shinoda Copy Share Image
I spent ten years playing classical piano, and that was what led to keyboards and eventually to production and to Linkin Park. — Mike Shinoda Copy Share Image
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… — Mike Shinoda Copy Share Image
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… — Mike Shinoda Copy Share Image
