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Milo Aukerman

(1963) Singer United States

19 quotes in 118 categories

Milo Aukerman is a singer from the United States.

Quick Facts About Milo Aukerman

Born: January 1, 1963
Nationality: United States
Profession: Singer

About Milo Aukerman

Milo Jay Aukerman is an American singer, songwriter, and former research molecular biologist. Aukerman is most widely known for being the lead vocalist of the punk rock band the Descendents, a group widely considered to be pioneers of pop-punk. A caricature of Aukerman serves as the band's mascot.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Milo Aukerman

Part of 'Beyond The Music' is also the notion that no matter what came of us, or the band, the most important…

Band

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The two things that matter are the desire, and being healthy enough to do it. Everything else to me is a non-issue.

Desire

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I think my science career had an arc to it that peaked in, let's say 2003/2004. I was in hog heaven, working…

Arcs

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There's something wrong with the system when you've got someone who can provide so much to a company and can be enthusiastic,…

Arrogance

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I don't want to live your dream. That's your dream. Go ahead and do it. But it's not mine.

Dream

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I want to be stereotyped. I want to be classified. I want to be a clone. I want to be masochistic. I…

Dad

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The most visceral expression of emotion in music.

Emotion

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We want to mentally be young, even if physically we're not.

Youth

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Because we take these huge long breaks, and then I just kind go, "Okay, fine, this is the way that I've chosen…

Break

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I've never written a song about DNA or anything that I work on. But I just think that DIY aspect, and the…

Acceptance

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I want to be stereotyped. I want to be classified.

Funny

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Punk's really cool because it's very inclusive of all types, which I like. And I would submit that even though people talk…

Creative

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I tend to be the one that breaks the mold most often, and thus, I tend to be the one with a…

Break

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We like to be punks. We like to still be kind of edgy and if being edgy means you might teeter on…

Age

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One thing that really attracted me to punk was the DIY aspect. And the fact that, since I was a nerd, I…

Aspect

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I still think punk's around. It's been pushed into the mainstream and it gets harder to draw that line between what's pop…

Draws

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I would point to a song like 'I'm Not A Loser', which I tried to evolve as best I could over the…

Evolve

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Once it stops being fun, we won't be able to do it anymore. People are going to know that we're not having…

Fun

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As long as bands are still out there slaving away in the garage and putting out their own records and just pushing…

Band

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