Stephan 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.

I've always identified with the misfits

It's important to face down your demons.

Human beings are not on earth to be citizens, or taxpayers, or socially engineered pawns of other human beings; rather they are here in order to grow, to transform, to become their authentic selves.

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

We’re against the state, not government. The state just happens to monopolize the government.

Brits have a better sense of humor in most ways. It's darker, more cutting.

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

When you can't draw chameleons and you can't draw blenders, it's a bad idea to write strips where chameleons become blenders.

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

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

If somebody is not on the same page with me humor wise, I can't give them that.

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.

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

Am I a rock star? Yeah, I guess.

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

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

I carry groceries home on the tank of my motorcycle.

I seem to be able to get away with pun strips if I add a panel at the end where I somehow indicate that I know it's a bad pun.

In a market economy with the division and specialization of labor, people use others as means to achieve their ends. This is the essence of market cooperation.

It's best to love your family as you would a Siberian tiger-from a distance, preferably separated by bars.

You can write a little and can draw a little, but there's necessarily a limitation on both in a comic strip, since it appears in such a tiny space.

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

I find pleasure in things that are simple.

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.

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

I was a lawyer for 10 years, and when youre in law, things really have to get done, or somebody sues you. Its a great trick.

My wife Staci made me go to a wedding last weekend...If it weren’t for her, I’d be happy.

When I say 'friends,' I use that term loosely, as I don't actually have any.

Repeats are the absolute soul-crushing killers of the comics page.

We need more cartoonists to truly retire when they retire, and not run repeats.

Basically, I learned to read by reading 'Peanuts,' just wanting to know what they were saying.

I don't like drawing characters facing right. If I tried to do that at a book signing, I'd have to pencil it first.

If you're from a certain generation, you basically learn to read with 'Peanuts.' It's sort of the template for the modern strip. Its influence ceased to be noticed because it's in everything.

A stand-up comedian faces the audiences and gets their immediate feedback. I hide behind the comic strip, and unless people write to me, I dont know what they think.

The writing is done on the computer, and the drawing is done by hand. I write, write, write, then I hit the illustration.

If you put me in South Park, that audience is going to fall asleep in five minutes.

Most poetry just confounds me. I really want to like it, but I can't help thinking it's a hoax. (p. 24)

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.

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.