Stephan Jenkins Quotes

That's what drew me to rock music in the first place - that sense of remaking the world on your own terms.

You make kingdoms and castles on your own.

Music is the only thing in this world, with the exception of sneezing and looking at the sunset, that takes you to a place that's above the mundane. Everything else is just bullshit.

I don't really believe in palm readers and crystal balls and tarot cards, but I respond to the need for them.

When you're just shagging girls, you can talk about it, but once it gets real, then you don't.

There's usually a rhythm and a melody in my head, and that creates an emotional state

My music is so often like a lullaby I write to myself to make sense of things I can't tie together, or things I've lost, or things I'll never have.

Luxury and Ostentation usually make me feel antsy, like I'm going to get a case of gout.

I don't think DIY is something that necessarily comes to mind when people hear Third Eye Blind, but that is completely how we've been from the beginning.

I have my share of insecurities, hopes and fears. My music is my way to rearrange the world according to my own hopes.

It's important to face down your demons.

I've always identified with the misfits

What we value about music and literature are the moments that they create in our minds when we encounter them.

I try to be the fixer of situations and I gravitate to people who are institutional misfits.

I like that gathering moment where the music is about to begin, that moment right there. It's like jumping out of an airplane. It's that moment when the lights go out and then you're in it.

I was not someone who participated in other people's castles.

But I'm not worried about seeking out the approval of others - that high school thing of joining the club.

I like people who have a pulse and aren't afraid to show it.

I have this really beautiful Martin guitar, and it just kind of writes songs for me.

Books stay with me and have shaped me and made huge impacts on my life.

When people come together around music, there's something ancient going on. It has to come from a genuine place and that's part of the challenge. You have to cultivate that authenticity everyday.

Am I a rock star? Yeah, I guess.

I carry groceries home on the tank of my motorcycle.

It was a hard time for me to have a pure moment, to be present, to be here.

My music is my way to rearrange the world according to my own hopes.

I play video games, dude!

I like surfing; I bring a surfboard with me on tour.

Sometimes something will come along, and it feels easy and sometimes you'll get 85 percent there on a song and the last 15 percent will elude you for three years.

There are songs I really enjoy playing. I like playing "Say It" live because it's a long jam, kind of like shoegaze, so I do enjoy that.

You just gotta go after things you like.

You probably became a musicians because you're into it so stay that way. Don't believe that someone else has the golden ticket for you because they don't.

I find pleasure in things that are simple.

I've spent several years now with my head down.

A lot of people say I wouldn't have a down day, but you look at the music and there's real melancholy.

Life is cruel and unfair, my friends, and that is fact.

I believe that all people are deserving of equal dignity and also equal protection. I also believe in science. And those are three things the Republican party platform doesn't believe in.