There has to be an element of danger, or at least an element of intrigue, for a band to be interesting. — Mike Patton Copy Share Image
I write lyrics based on music, on a musical flow, and what sounds good at the time. — Mike Patton Copy Share Image
A lot of people assume that musicians are comrades by nature. It's cutthroat like anything else. — Mike Patton Copy Share Image
I really don't want to put more than a couple of records out a year, and I think that makes sense -… — Mike Patton Copy Share Image
I think that too many people think too much about my lyrics. I am more a person who works with the sound… — Mike Patton Copy Share Image
I'm not a poet. I'm not up onstage to get something off my chest. I'm making musical statements, or, most of the… — Mike Patton Copy Share Image
There are reasons that bands and musicians make demos and outtakes - because they are not good enough to make the record.… — Mike Patton Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I don't know why, but there's a certain element of panic in writing lyrics that I'm not sure I enjoy. I don't… — Mike Patton Copy Share Image
The song is based on a lot of observation and a lot of speculation. But in sort of a pointed way its… — Mike Patton Copy Share Image
Trey Spruance didn't want to tour for ages. And Dean Menta has always been our guitar-roadie during Angel Dust, and I remember… — Mike Patton Copy Share Image
I got one entire song from fortune cookies (Land of Sunshine). On another one, I took words from different Frank Sinatra songs… — Mike Patton Copy Share Image
Diamanda Galás, the avant-weird performance artist... 'The devil's wife,' someone calls her. Faith No More loves Diamanda Galás. — Mike Patton Copy Share Image
I am constantly amazed at the musicians that are able to do the same thing over and over for 20 or more years. That… — Mike Patton Copy Share Image
I have to make an effort about things like going to the grocery store. That stuff reminds me that I don't live in the… — Mike Patton Copy Share Image
I'm at a point now where I crave healthy musical environments, where there is a genuine exchange of ideas without repressed envy or resentment,… — Mike Patton Copy Share Image
I lived in Italy for quite a while and married an Italian woman. While there, I immersed myself in the complete culture: the music,… — Mike Patton Copy Share Image
There has to be an element of danger, or at least an element of intrigue, for a band to be interesting. — Mike Patton Copy Share Image
