Don't be afraid to play what you feel and what you think no matter what it is. If you play long enough, you start to move past your influences and find your own music. — John Rzeznik Copy Share Image
I think about my daughter when I'm doing stuff, and I want to see it through her eyes, and I want her to be… — John Rzeznik Copy Share Image
There are a lot of reasons to be hated in pop culture, and being a straight white male is one of them. In fact,… — John Rzeznik Copy Share Image
The business of making music is changing so radically because of the Internet. It's become a lot more democratic in one respect, but in… — John Rzeznik Copy Share Image
Every day somebody comes up to me and says, 'That song really helped me through a difficult time,' or 'That's me and my wife's… — John Rzeznik Copy Share Image
I got really sick of playing just, like, 'Bop-bop-bop-bada-bop-bop-bada-rapa-pah.' Just playing that 190-beats-per-minute punk-rock songs, I didn't feel it anymore. And I always loved… — John Rzeznik Copy Share Image
The only way you fail is if you quit. That has always sort of been pounded into my head. — John Rzeznik Copy Share Image
There was always a guitar hanging around the house when I was a kid. It was a much lower impact instrument than me playing… — John Rzeznik Copy Share Image
Marriage is a really scary thing. I'm excited about it. I know it's not a mistake, it's the absolute right thing to do. I'm… — John Rzeznik Copy Share Image
I want to cultivate my own sound in my own atmosphere, where the clock is not running. — John Rzeznik Copy Share Image
In my family, my earliest memory of you get out of line is - BAM! It was a lot of corporal punishment. But you… — John Rzeznik Copy Share Image
I'm a guy so I equate vulnerability with fear. What makes me fearful. I feel vulnerable when I release material, my work, to the… — John Rzeznik Copy Share Image