Song Quotes 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…

— Mike Shinoda

Dream big, work hard and don't be an asshole!

— Mike Shinoda

We learned pretty early on in this band that you can't have snobbery in music.

— Mike Shinoda

I like sneakers. I guess I could call myself a collector.

— 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…

— Mike Shinoda

Who can't relate to the idea of leaving one chapter behind and moving on to the next?

— 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…

— Mike Shinoda

My parents still treat Christmas like I'm thirteen years old.

— Mike Shinoda

I spent ten years playing classical piano, and that was what led to keyboards and eventually to production and to Linkin Park.

— 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…

— Mike Shinoda

I got over being embarrassed.

— 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…

— Mike Shinoda

I liked the piano. I always liked playing. I just hated homework.

— Mike Shinoda

When I was in high school, if my favorite band got too popular, I'd watch carefully.

— Mike Shinoda

I'd rather get up early and go out and do something than stay up late and screw up my body.

— Mike Shinoda