Song Quotes by John Rzeznik

I'm a songwriter.

— John Rzeznik

I've written songs everywhere, and I think the place does matter.

— John Rzeznik

Punk's not dead, it's just at K-Mart.

— John Rzeznik

You can hate my band, I really don't care what your opinion is.

— John Rzeznik

Usually albums are frontloaded with singles.

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I don't write music for critics or hipsters. I write for me.

— John Rzeznik

We had always put ballads on all of our albums.

— John Rzeznik

Just call us the band that wouldn't die.

— John Rzeznik

I love playing the songs that people love because it makes them happy.

— John Rzeznik

The first guitar I ever owned was a Kay SG copy. That cost like $35. Man, that was a terrible guitar.

— John Rzeznik

I want to cultivate my own sound in my own atmosphere, where the clock is not running.

— John Rzeznik

When I write a song, I want to write something that is really catchy and says something that might actually touch somebody.

— John Rzeznik

I think we'd sold a couple hundred records with our first album, maybe 1,000 at the most.

— John Rzeznik

I got into alternative rock in the early 80s, bands like Husker Du and The Replacements. Bob Mould's playing was a huge…

— John Rzeznik

Things just evolve. I sort of have no control over what happens with the songs. Sometimes I'm afraid I might wake up…

— John Rzeznik

The business of making music is changing so radically because of the Internet. It's become a lot more democratic in one respect,…

— John Rzeznik

We were never hip, which is fine with me. We aren't that interested in that whole situation. But all the times how…

— John Rzeznik

There was always a guitar hanging around the house when I was a kid. It was a much lower impact instrument than…

— John Rzeznik

I wouldn't start writing songs like 'Name' all the time just because I thought that's what people wanted to hear. I'll write…

— John Rzeznik

I think we got started like all bands. We wanted to make some noise, hang out, and have some fun. Remember, we're…

— John Rzeznik

I thought 'Gutterflower' was a really good record, but the album before that got so big that everyone expected us to go…

— John Rzeznik

The first record we made in three days. We literally stayed up for three days making the first album. It was crazy,…

— John Rzeznik

I have this rule: It's like, if you write an amazing, cool song that you mean and then you go put your…

— John Rzeznik

I have this dreadful image of me driving down Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, with the windows rolled down, and our song…

— John Rzeznik

Every day somebody comes up to me and says, 'That song really helped me through a difficult time,' or 'That's me and…

— John Rzeznik

I just feel really lucky to have had some hits because we had a lot of time where we didn't have them.…

— John Rzeznik

Punk was key to the early part of me playing guitar. I was really into melodic punk-rock. I related to punk more…

— John Rzeznik