46 John Rzeznik Quotes for You to Enjoy

John Rzeznik

American Musician

Born: Dec 5, 1965

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Everyone goes To L.A. to be noticed. I went there to be completely invisible. John Rzeznik

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It's really weird how the rock world is quickly becoming like the jazz world. How if you do OK, or get a tiny bit of success, that's considered a sellout, whether you did anything different or not. John Rzeznik

I wouldn't start writing songs like 'Name' all the time just because I thought that's what people wanted to hear. I'll write a song in the same vein because it's what I want to write. John Rzeznik

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For me, social media is a one-way deal. It's like all the traffic goes one direction and I don't care how many people follow me, I don't care how many people like what I do, give me a thumbs up or whatever it is. I am here to share a piece of information that I've decided is relevant to our relationship as musician and audience member. John Rzeznik

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We're doing everything we can to help bands from Buffalo. John Rzeznik

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There's a certain vibe in my hometown; Buffalo is a city that has no illusions. John Rzeznik

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Whether you are happy or miserable is completely a choice. John Rzeznik

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I wasn't present for my own life for a long time. I wasn't there; I wasn't in my relationships; I wasn't in my band; I wasn't in my soul - I was disconnected from all of it. I would let myself live in a miserable situation forever, mostly of my own making. I made my own misery and made the people around me miserable. John Rzeznik

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Performing with a hologram in a three-dimensional world feels somewhat strange. But you know, the experience of playing live in a room full of people is most exciting, it's something that the social media has not been able to recreate. There's some kind of intensity about it, something that the social media doesn't capture. John Rzeznik

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I have this morbid fascination with being completely alienated from everybody, and a lot of the time I really do feel that way. John Rzeznik

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As a society, when you have your mortality slapped in your face, it changes you. John Rzeznik

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If you go back and listen to the album 'Name' was on, there were a lot of garage songs on it. John Rzeznik

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One of the things about live music that's so incredibly important and can't be replaced and automated is the common focus of a room full of people having that human contact and being immersed in the sensory overload of a rock concert. John Rzeznik

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As soon as we finish a tour, I think, 'Oh my god, I'm unemployed.' I swear to God, every time I'm not touring, I hear my father yelling, 'You're unemployed if you're not working every day.' John Rzeznik

I got into alternative rock in the early 80s, bands like Husker Du and The Replacements. Bob Mould's playing was a huge influence. It was very heavy with a lot of open tunings, which was great because I played in trios, so I used open tunings to get a fuller sound. John Rzeznik

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I want to cultivate my own sound in my own atmosphere, where the clock is not running. John Rzeznik

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We had always put ballads on all of our albums. John Rzeznik

Our Had Put Always Ballads Albums

I got really sick of playing just, like, 'Bop-bop-bop-bada-bop-bop-bada-rapa-pah.' Just playing that 190-beats-per-minute punk-rock songs, I didn't feel it anymore. And I always loved melody - when you looked back on those early records, there's always a hook buried in there somewhere. John Rzeznik

We were never hip, which is fine with me. We aren't that interested in that whole situation. But all the times how we tried and failed to get across in our music, we actually succeeded on 'Superstar Car Wash.' John Rzeznik

In my family, my earliest memory of you get out of line is - BAM! It was a lot of corporal punishment. But you can't do that. John Rzeznik

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