Quotes by Josh Homme

“You shouldnt just be a band, ... If youve got the time and youve got the space youve got to make something of it. We might balls the whole thing up but youve got to try!”

“foolishly play with the fires of rumor, only to risk being burned by its treacherous flames.”

“Get these people drunk. I dont know if youre aware of this, but were horrible acoustic. Were going to play all of Neil Diamonds greatest hits, chronologically, alphabetically and scientologically.”

“Its about friends and fun and about saving the kids.”

“It sounds like a circus -- like you won stuff at a carnival,”

“Queens of the Stone Age: A Stone Unturned.”

“The Queens of the Stone Age have teamed up with multimedia wizardbrain Liam Lynch to make the video for Burn the Witch, a homemade affair thats just in time for Halloween, ... For the band, playing both the roles of cast and crew paid ginormous dividends, in the form of a video that cuts the heads off all contemporaries (literally).”

“The Queens Of The Stone Age have teamed up with multimedia wizardbrain Liam Lynch to make the video for Burn The Witch , a home-made affair thats just in time for Halloween. For the band, playing both the roles of cast and crew paid ginormous dividends, in the form of a video that cuts the heads off all contemporaries (literally).”

“a homemade affair thats just in time for Halloween.”

In the event that everything goes wrong and I’m not here tomorrow, there’s not enough time to fuck around. Why make art? Because it beautifies the world. It’s above people. It’s idealistic. It’s something to strive for that is not the mundane. It gives people peace of mind. It’s something you reach for that you can barely tickle but not quite get a hold of. And this [outpouring] makes that idealistic beauty so bright that you’d have to be a bitter asshole to deny its existence.

Ive always had a sick sense of humor, and Ive always wanted that to permeate the music because I dont take myself seriously. I take the music seriously, but I know Im not Gods gift to anyone except my mom.

If you wanna be famous, then its okay if the music is fake, because fame isnt real.

Looking for equality everywhere is a huge mistake because equals are terrible and boring. But a sense of fairness and justice is a totally different thing and a much more complex thing.

I think one of the coolest things you can do is disappear for a while, because it gives you the chance to re-emerge. To sort of pounce out of the jungle.

Sometimes Queens music is dark, but somehow its ok to deliver it with a smile on your face because things are still going to kick in.

I dont think its good to run on anger, but its really great when thats the first couple of gallons in your tank - when youve had enough, and youre just pissed off enough to go for it. In a lot of ways, that sort of environment can be a catapult for a great situation.