Josh Homme

You wanna be there for everybody, but it's just not possible.

— Josh Homme

When you expect anything from music, you expect too much.

— Josh Homme

I don't think it's good to run on anger, but it's really great when that's the first couple of gallons in your…

— Josh Homme

“I don’t want what I’m afraid of to dictate every move I make.”

— Josh Homme

The first record I bought was a Carl Perkins record, because I saw him at The Festival at Sandpoint, Idaho. I loved…

— Josh Homme

When it's time to make music, that's about getting lost for me. To be a control freak is not half as good…

— Josh Homme

I'm a fairly upbeat and happy guy, you know? I don't like people that feel sorry for themselves, and I traditionally stay…

— Josh Homme

“It feels wonderful not to have anything to hide behind. It’s scary as shit, but that is okay.”

— Josh Homme

Making people uncomfortable is one of my hobbies.

— Josh Homme

Making people uncomfortable is one of my hobbies. I'm always hoping that half the people get the joke and the other half…

— Josh Homme

I think you can separate yourself from your fears. You know what you should do, and it's just scary to do it.…

— Josh Homme

“You never really know someone till everything goes wrong.”

— Josh Homme

I think the best thing I could ever teach my daughter is that she's not an object or a trophy, and that…

— Josh Homme

The problem is that music is selfish in that you need to make it for yourself, so that you can give it…

— Josh Homme

I think one of the coolest things you can do is disappear for a while, because it gives you the chance to…

— Josh Homme

Records don't have to be perfect. Everyone doesn't have to move left when everyone else moves left. I love hearing the mistakes.

— Josh Homme

If I was just in one band, I would have a problem with the amount of time between records because I don't…

— Josh Homme

Music is the only thing I've ever known that doesn't have any rules at all.

— Josh Homme

I've worked at a deli, I've worked construction, I've worked a few different jobs.

— Josh Homme

I think people believe I'm some kind of evil dictator sometimes. But I don't much care about that.

— Josh Homme

Why would you choose being bitter over choosing to make music? Being bitter is gross. It doesn't amount to anything.

— Josh Homme

Looking for equality everywhere is a huge mistake because equals are terrible and boring. But a sense of fairness and justice is…

— Josh Homme

People think that when they're playing it safe, they're trying to preserve what they have, but there is no preservation of what…

— Josh Homme

I'm in three bands, and I love to produce records of other bands, and I have a family that I love. I…

— Josh Homme

All I really care about is that I'm being honest and I'm real and I'm coming from a real place. There's a…

— Josh Homme