The fear of rejection really kind of stunts your growth as a person. I mean, it's like a friend of mine says,… — John Rzeznik Copy Share Image
I'm amazed that I can sit down, put a guitar in my hands and start playing kind of free style, and it… — John Rzeznik Copy Share Image
I work out. I try to work out every day. That keeps me in the moment, which is great. Keeps my head… — John Rzeznik Copy Share Image
With every decision you make in your life, you're going to have some regrets about the way it goes. You just have… — John Rzeznik Copy Share Image
I no longer feel the pressure of trying to write hits for the radio anymore. — John Rzeznik Copy Share Image
I'm not trying to chase a radio hit, but at a certain time, you can't make the same album over and over. — John Rzeznik Copy Share Image
We were so heavily influenced by The Replacements and by a lot of hard core bands like Bad Brains, not that we… — John Rzeznik Copy Share Image
I think about my daughter when I'm doing stuff, and I want to see it through her eyes, and I want her to be… — John Rzeznik Copy Share Image
There are a lot of reasons to be hated in pop culture, and being a straight white male is one of them. In fact,… — John Rzeznik Copy Share Image
The business of making music is changing so radically because of the Internet. It's become a lot more democratic in one respect, but in… — John Rzeznik Copy Share Image
Every day somebody comes up to me and says, 'That song really helped me through a difficult time,' or 'That's me and my wife's… — John Rzeznik Copy Share Image
I got really sick of playing just, like, 'Bop-bop-bop-bada-bop-bop-bada-rapa-pah.' Just playing that 190-beats-per-minute punk-rock songs, I didn't feel it anymore. And I always loved… — John Rzeznik Copy Share Image
The only way you fail is if you quit. That has always sort of been pounded into my head. — John Rzeznik Copy Share Image
There was always a guitar hanging around the house when I was a kid. It was a much lower impact instrument than me playing… — John Rzeznik Copy Share Image
Marriage is a really scary thing. I'm excited about it. I know it's not a mistake, it's the absolute right thing to do. I'm… — John Rzeznik Copy Share Image
I want to cultivate my own sound in my own atmosphere, where the clock is not running. — John Rzeznik Copy Share Image
