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Michael Stipe
Michael Stipe
American Musician
Born: Jan 4, 1960
About Band Me People Think You
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My feeling is that labels are for canned food... I am what I am - and I know what I am. Michael Stipe
Food Feeling Know Am Labels Canned
If you disagree with me, fine! Because that's the great thing about America, we can disagree! Michael Stipe
Great Me You Disagree Fine About Great Thing Because America Thing
Never eat broccoli when there are cameras around. Michael Stipe
Broccoli Eat Never Around Cameras
So, when you divide the world into music lovers, music fans and then those people who are just very casual about their music, it's wallpaper to them, it's elevator music, it's just the thing that's playing in the background that helps them through their day. Michael Stipe
Music Day You People World Fans Music Fans Background Those About Divide Through Casual Very Wallpaper Just Lovers Them Then Who Helps Elevator Thing Playing
But we're very much an American band and that's that. I think that's part of the appeal outside of this country and it might be part of the reason people turned away from us within this country, because familiarity breeds contempt. Michael Stipe
People Country Band Think Outside Part Contempt Because Within Very Familiarity Familiarity Breeds American Might Turned Us Much Breeds Reason Appeal Away
Sometimes before we make a record I go back and listen to a few. It's equally humbling and uplifting. Michael Stipe
Music Sometimes Before Few Back Record Make Equally Go Uplifting Listen Humbling
We toured that record for a year, which turned out to be the culmination of ten years of being constantly on the road. We were sick to death of touring. Michael Stipe
Death Year Sick Out Constantly Record Ten Ten Years Toured Touring Road Culmination Were Years Being Which Turned
Peter was sick of being a pop star, the guitar god, and so he decided to teach himself other instruments. Among the instruments that he picked up was the mandolin. Michael Stipe
God Guitar Sick Other He Picked Instruments Himself Up Mandolin Being Decided Pop Teach Pop Star Peter Star Among
I'm just not that fascinating a person to have had all those lives that I've written about. Michael Stipe
Those About Had Written Person Just Fascinating Lives
If I'm tired of me, I'm sure the public is as well. Michael Stipe
Me Tired Well Sure Public
My iPod that was programmed by Peter Buck. It has 7,000 songs hand-picked for me by him. Michael Stipe
Me Buck Songs Him iPod Peter Programmed
They always want me to play myself and that's a big snooze. Michael Stipe
Myself Me Big Always Want Play
There are people that very strongly identify themselves as gay and then lesbian, and then I think there are a lot of people who are kind of some percentage or some version of that. Michael Stipe
Gay People Lesbian Think Kind Some Strongly Percentage Identify Lot Version Very Themselves Then Who
I think there were early critics who wanted us to change the world because the Sex Pistols failed. Michael Stipe
Change World Sex Think Change The World Sex Pistols Critics Failed Because Were Pistols Wanted Us Who Early
And I don't expect anyone can bring about a revolution in the way that Bob Dylan did - and really didn't - in the 1960s. Michael Stipe
Revolution Way About Expect Did Anyone Dylan Bob Bob Dylan Really Bring
Because the casual music listeners are the ones who turn on the radio and they don't really care what's playing, they just know that they kinda like it or it's easy to drive to or it's easy to sing along to or whatever. Michael Stipe
Music Care Drive Whatever Kinda Easy Casual Along Like Know Sing Because Listeners Just Turn Turn-On Really Who Radio Playing
We're absolutely American and distinctly so, I think. That's part of what people respond to outside of this country, part of the reason that we're such a huge band outside of the U.S., where we're not so popular now as we were 10 or 12 years ago. Michael Stipe
People Country Band Think Respond Absolutely Outside Part Were Years Years Ago Huge American Where Reason Popular Now
I'm not homosexual, I'm not hetrosexual, I'm just sexual. Michael Stipe
Sexual Just Homosexual

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