“who will tend the farm museums who will dust the day belongings? ” — Michael Stipe Museums Copy Share Image
A wise man once said-'the skill in attending a party is knowing when it's time to leave,' — Michael Stipe Attending Copy Share Image
I'm afraid of everything. I'm not a naturally courageous person. — Michael Stipe Afraid Copy Share Image
I was vulnerable every day. Every night that I stepped on stage I was laying myself open. — Michael Stipe Every day Copy Share Image
If you disagree with me, fine! Because that's the great thing about America, we can disagree! — Michael Stipe America Copy Share Image
There was never a golden era of American radio as far as I can tell. — Michael Stipe Eras Copy Share Image
I'm tired of being this solemn poet of the masses, the enigma shrouded in a mystery. — Michael Stipe Enigma Copy Share Image
The song "Sing for the Submarine" presents my dream world, which is way different from my waking world. It's set in the… — Michael Stipe Different Copy Share Image
Sometimes I'm confused by what I think is really obvious. But what I think is really obvious obviously isn't obvious... — Michael Stipe Answers Copy Share Image
I went through this difficult time [in the 1984] when we were making our third record where I kind of lost my… — Michael Stipe Bulimia Copy Share Image
You don't need to be talented. You don't even have to play the guitar to be a guitar player in a punk-rock… — Michael Stipe Band Copy Share Image
And I don't expect anyone can bring about a revolution in the way that Bob Dylan did - and really didn't -… — Michael Stipe 1960s Copy Share Image
For me, as a music fan, visuals kind of steal away the purity of the song. My instinct is not to provide… — Michael Stipe Fans Copy Share Image
I think my apocalyptic feelings went deeper than [heavily influenced by Reagan and AIDS]. I'm really at peace with how afraid I… — Michael Stipe Aids Copy Share Image
“Death is pretty final./I'm collecting vinyl./I'm gonna DJ at the end of the world/'cause if heaven does exists/with a kickin' playlist/I don't… — Michael Stipe Death Copy Share Image
When I hear music as a fan, I see fields. I see landscapes. I close my eyes and see an entire universe… — Michael Stipe Eye Copy Share Image
At the [teenage] time, I did have an inkling of my sexuality. And I had an inkling that I was different from… — Michael Stipe Different Copy Share Image
I was a teenager, we were pretty much fully indoctrinated, thanks to sexual scare tactics. I remember so many public-health commercials with… — Michael Stipe Abstinence Copy Share Image
There is always something of the writer in the work but I don't think Melville had to be swallowed by a whale… — Michael Stipe Character Copy Share Image
By the time I was 18, I had absorbed punk rock from America, Britain, and the West Coast. All of it was… — Michael Stipe Air Copy Share Image
So, when you divide the world into music lovers, music fans and then those people who are just very casual about their… — Michael Stipe Backgrounds Copy Share Image
I've never written a song that's hopeless. I'm not a hopeless person. I'm crazily optimistic. I crazily see the good in people.… — Michael Stipe Agree Copy Share Image
I knew [Kurt Cobain] and his daughter. And Courtney [Love] came and stayed at my house. R.E.M. worked on two records in… — Michael Stipe Bucks Copy Share Image
I was vegetarian, trying to eat from fast-food restaurants without meat. I didn't know how to eat properly and I was starving.… — Michael Stipe Abstinence Copy Share Image
“When I was young and full of grace And spirited - a rattlesnake When I was young and fever fell My spirit,… — Michael Stipe Adventure Copy Share Image
When we signed with Warner Bros., they knew what they were getting. They knew they weren't going to get some easily manipulated… — Michael Stipe Bros Copy Share Image
We don't get groupies.We get teenagers who want to read us their poetry. — Michael Stipe Groupie Copy Share Image
The whole point of the punk-rock thing was that "We're not special. We just have a voice." — Michael Stipe Punk Copy Share Image
Our generation was supposed to be about trying to deal with nuclear concerns and environmental disasters. — Michael Stipe Concern Copy Share Image
To be called an elder statesman is so unbelievably insulting. Brad Pitt is exactly three years younger than me. — Michael Stipe Aging Copy Share Image
Sometimes before we make a record I go back and listen to a few. It's equally humbling and uplifting. — Michael Stipe Humbling Copy Share Image
I'm just not that fascinating a person to have had all those lives that I've written about. — Michael Stipe Fascinating Copy Share Image
When you meet a stranger, look at his shoes. Keep your money in your shoes. — Michael Stipe Money Copy Share Image
![“I went through this difficult time [in the 1984] when we were making our third record where I kind of lost my mind. That's when the bulimia kicked in. And that's when I got really freaky.” quote by Michael Stipe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/0cc/michael-stipe-6714_bulimia_i-went-through-this-difficult-time-in-th_1393702.jpg)
![“I think my apocalyptic feelings went deeper than [heavily influenced by Reagan and AIDS]. I'm really at peace with how afraid I am.” quote by Michael Stipe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4bb/michael-stipe-6714_aids_i-think-my-apocalyptic-feelings-went-dee_1343071.jpg)
![“At the [teenage] time, I did have an inkling of my sexuality. And I had an inkling that I was different from other people in ways beyond my sexuality. But I didn't get into music because I thought, Oh, these people will understand me.” quote by Michael Stipe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/956/michael-stipe-6714_different_at-the-teenage-time-i-did-have-an-inklin_64270.jpg)
![“I knew [Kurt Cobain] and his daughter. And Courtney [Love] came and stayed at my house. R.E.M. worked on two records in Seattle and Peter Buck lived next door to Kurt and Courtney. So we all knew each other. I reached out to him with that project as an attempt to prevent what was going to happen.” quote by Michael Stipe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3e2/michael-stipe-6714_bucks_i-knew-kurt-cobain-and-his-daughter-and_1843291.jpg)
