John Rzeznik Quotes

It's better to have a pocket full of regrets than to never have lived.

Whenever I get upset, I remember that it takes 42 muscles to frown and only 4 to stick up your middle finger.

If Life hands you a lemon, throw it at someone

Scars are souvenirs you never lose, the past is never far, did you lose yourself somewhere out there, did you get to be a star, and don't it make you sad to know that life is more than who you are?

I just want you to know who I am.

People who have nothing to say, speak the loudest.

It's such a thrill to perform live. You never know if you're going to get hit with a bottle or a bra.

There are a lot of reasons to be hated in pop culture, and being a straight white male is one of them. In fact, I almost hate me

If you find yourself perplexed, or perhaps in a quandary, remember that human growth is perpendicular. We grow up and we grow forward, we just have to keep on growing steadily in both ways.

You grew up way too fast and now there's nothing to believe; and re-runs all become our history.

Nobody likes to hear a f**king rock star talk about his problems

It's liberating to live at home during the week, but on the weekend it's like, Jesus Christ, how much History Channel can one human being watch?

I wasn't good at sports and I needed a way to make girls like me.

Things just evolve. I sort of have no control over what happens with the songs. Sometimes I'm afraid I might wake up one morning with an entire record of polka songs.

Punk's not dead, it's just at K-Mart.

I think the work is always personal. This album differs. It seems to be a lot more positive. It seems to have a certain amount of optimism about it.

I don't write music for critics or hipsters. I write for me.

I don't like critics; I really don't like them. I think most of them are ignorant and don't have a clue!

I'm a guy so I equate vulnerability with fear.