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> [I'd hate to think that the stereotypical American is someone who just says 'Hi - bye' in conversation. That's how Europeans see us. And I'd like to think that not all of us are like that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cedric-bixler-zavala/i-d-hate-to-think-that-the-stereotypical-american-is-someone-who-just/)

[Cedric Bixler-Zavala](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cedric-bixler-zavala/)

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## More by Cedric Bixler-Zavala

> [I've come to realize that at the end of the day, it's only you yourself that creativity comes from.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cedric-bixler-zavala/i-ve-come-to-realize-that-at-the-end-of-the-day-it-s-only-you/)

[Cedric Bixler-Zavala](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cedric-bixler-zavala/)

> [If I speak my version of Spanish in Spain, they laugh. Same with Mexico. It's an alien world to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cedric-bixler-zavala/if-i-speak-my-version-of-spanish-in-spain-they-laugh-same-with-mexico/)

[Cedric Bixler-Zavala](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cedric-bixler-zavala/)

> [You want to embrace what the idea of pop music is. Not necessarily the stereotype of pop music; there was a time when you'd…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cedric-bixler-zavala/you-want-to-embrace-what-the-idea-of-pop-music-is-not-necessarily-the/)

[Cedric Bixler-Zavala](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cedric-bixler-zavala/)

> [I think other people's interpretations of what I've written are a lot better than what I have, because I don't understand a lot of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cedric-bixler-zavala/i-think-other-people-s-interpretations-of-what-i-ve-written-are-a-lot/)

[Cedric Bixler-Zavala](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cedric-bixler-zavala/)

> [It all started in a local park in El Paso called Madeleine Park. At a ditch, a very small ditch, that everybody used to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cedric-bixler-zavala/it-all-started-in-a-local-park-in-el-paso-called-madeleine-park-at-a/)

[Cedric Bixler-Zavala](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cedric-bixler-zavala/)

> [You come to a point in your life where you don't want to just keep repeating yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cedric-bixler-zavala/you-come-to-a-point-in-your-life-where-you-don-t-want-to-just-keep/)

[Cedric Bixler-Zavala](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cedric-bixler-zavala/)

> [It's hard to turn my internal dialogue off from that character I become.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cedric-bixler-zavala/it-s-hard-to-turn-my-internal-dialogue-off-from-that-character-i/)

[Cedric Bixler-Zavala](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cedric-bixler-zavala/)

> [I've said this many times: Rock 'n' roll is this magnet for dysfunctional people who only know how to communicate through the medium of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cedric-bixler-zavala/i-ve-said-this-many-times-rock-n-roll-is-this-magnet-for/)

[Cedric Bixler-Zavala](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cedric-bixler-zavala/)

> [I've still got a lot of tantrums to throw.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cedric-bixler-zavala/i-ve-still-got-a-lot-of-tantrums-to-throw/)

[Cedric Bixler-Zavala](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cedric-bixler-zavala/)

> [Mars Volta was always about embracing what 'too much' was and the excess of it. I never thought there would be an audience for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cedric-bixler-zavala/mars-volta-was-always-about-embracing-what-too-much-was-and-the/)

[Cedric Bixler-Zavala](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cedric-bixler-zavala/)

> [I personally never trusted the audience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cedric-bixler-zavala/i-personally-never-trusted-the-audience/)

[Cedric Bixler-Zavala](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cedric-bixler-zavala/)

> [It makes us feel normal when people think we're being too arty or whatever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cedric-bixler-zavala/it-makes-us-feel-normal-when-people-think-we-re-being-too-arty-or/)

[Cedric Bixler-Zavala](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cedric-bixler-zavala/)

> [I have cancelled shows before for knowing full well that my heart was not in it at that moment. Why? Because its an insult…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cedric-bixler-zavala/i-have-cancelled-shows-before-for-knowing-full-well-that-my-heart-was/)

[Cedric Bixler-Zavala](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cedric-bixler-zavala/)

> [Paranoia can be such a powerful hallucinogen if you're not careful - but it's great to kind of recognize it as that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cedric-bixler-zavala/paranoia-can-be-such-a-powerful-hallucinogen-if-you-re-not-careful/)

[Cedric Bixler-Zavala](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cedric-bixler-zavala/)

> [It's only a matter of time before machinery becomes sentient. It's going to happen because we're already slaves to all of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cedric-bixler-zavala/it-s-only-a-matter-of-time-before-machinery-becomes-sentient-it-s/)

[Cedric Bixler-Zavala](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cedric-bixler-zavala/)

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