Because the casual music listeners are the ones who turn on the radio and they don't really care what's playing, they just… — Michael Stipe Care 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 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
I started lip-synching with "Losing My Religion." There were a few horrendous mistakes we made, but I own those mistakes. I'm embarrassed… — Michael Stipe Done Copy Share Image
There tend to be two different drives that lead young people toward music. One is that music provides an escape; it takes… — Michael Stipe Believe Copy Share Image
Peter was sick of being a pop star, the guitar god, and so he decided to teach himself other instruments. Among the… — Michael Stipe Decided 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
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
The world of WONDERLAND is authentic, vibrant, and genuine. Stacey D’Erasmo explores the delight and terror of second chances. A great read! — Michael Stipe Books 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
On planes I always cry. Something about altitude, the lack of oxygen and the bad movies. I cried over a St. Bernard… — Michael Stipe Bad movie Copy Share Image
I am not an autobiographical writer. I'll take little elements here and there from things that I've actually experienced-counting eyelashes on a… — Michael Stipe Beauty Copy Share Image
I'm not homosexual, I'm not hetrosexual, I'm just sexual. — Michael Stipe Homosexual Copy Share Image
I've always felt that sexuality is a really slippery thing. In this day and age, it tends to get categorized and labeled,… — Michael Stipe Age Copy Share Image
For every great thing we did, there is a very public moment of falling on our faces. But everything that came through… — Michael Stipe Band Copy Share Image
We toured that record for a year, which turned out to be the culmination of ten years of being constantly on the… — Michael Stipe Culmination Copy Share Image
I had to get a driver's license and drive to St. Louis to find the punk-rock scene that was happening there. And… — Michael Stipe County Copy Share Image
I came to New York for the first time with Peter Buck at age 19. We spent a week living out of… — Michael Stipe Age Copy Share Image
We made part of the record in Miami, and I would go down to the beach, and not 20 feet from the… — Michael Stipe Beach Copy Share Image
I think there were early critics who wanted us to change the world because the Sex Pistols failed. — Michael Stipe Because Copy Share Image
Once I reached my 40s, I thought to myself that if I'm going to play live now, I need to really mean… — Michael Stipe Choices Copy Share Image
By the time [of modern] generation was coming of age sexually, there was already this idea of safe sex. But that didn't… — Michael Stipe Age Copy Share Image
AIDS had landed and I was terrified. I was very scared, just as everyone was in the '80s. It was really hard… — Michael Stipe 80s Copy Share Image
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