John Rzeznik Quotes

John Rzeznik

John Rzeznik

American Musician

Born: Dec 5, 1965

First Me Music People Time You

I was a bartender, a hot-dog vendor, a cook, sold magazine subscriptions. John Rzeznik

Sold Magazine Cook Bartender

You know what the most amazing luxury problem in the world is? When you've got a bunch of hits you have to play. That means the show's going to have to be a little longer. John Rzeznik

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It's a crazy world! John Rzeznik

Crazy World Crazy World

I just feel really lucky to have had some hits because we had a lot of time where we didn't have them. It's better to have a hit. You can ask anyone - U2, Green Day - and they'll tell you the same thing. John Rzeznik

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I'm one of those guys who always has that kind of underlying anxiety kind of always creeping around in the background. John Rzeznik

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The only way you fail is if you quit. That has always sort of been pounded into my head. John Rzeznik

You Way Only Head Fail Sort Always Been Quit

There's always those few people that are like, 'Why don't you play any of the material off your first two records?' And I'm like, 'For the same reason that I don't play with G.I. Joe dolls anymore.' It's like, 'I'm a grown-up.' I wrote that music when I was a kid. John Rzeznik

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I really love Death Cab. John Rzeznik

Love Death Cab Really

A live show is something that can never ever be duplicated on a computer. John Rzeznik

Live Something Computer Never Duplicated Show Ever

I love the Smithsonian. I'm a real dork for that kind of stuff. John Rzeznik

Love Kind I Love Stuff Smithsonian Real Dork

Everybody was a democrat where we grew up. It was a blue-collar town and the democrats represented the working class and the unions. But very, very super-conservative Catholic, very proud immigrant community, very stoic. John Rzeznik

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Every day somebody comes up to me and says, 'That song really helped me through a difficult time,' or 'That's me and my wife's song' or 'This song means something to me because of... ' It's humbling to hear that. You're something special in someone's life, even if it is for three minutes. John Rzeznik

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I have this dreadful image of me driving down Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, with the windows rolled down, and our song comes on... and I'm sitting there listening to it and some guy pulls up next to me and thinks, 'Hey, it's that guy from the Goo Goo Dolls... he's listening to his own music. What a jerk!' John Rzeznik

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So what if America loses its empire? We never should have had one in the first place. John Rzeznik

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The business of making music is changing so radically because of the Internet. It's become a lot more democratic in one respect, but in another respect there's no one left to guide and mentor young bands. John Rzeznik

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I get nervous around famous people. John Rzeznik

People Nervous Around Get Famous Famous People

The first guitar I ever owned was a Kay SG copy. That cost like $35. Man, that was a terrible guitar. John Rzeznik

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