Brandon Boyd Professions : Musician Born : February 15, 1976 Browse All Authors Top 64 quotes by Brandon Boyd I have always idolized eccentric people. Brandon Boyd idolized eccentric people There are five known gyres spinning around in our world's oceans. A gyre is a slowly moving spiral of currents created by a high pressure system of air currents. A spinning soup, so to speak, is made of what exists in the water. And in this case, the gyres are spinning with millions of tons of our discarded and forgotten about plastic waste! Brandon Boyd our-world ocean moving I've actually thought very little about solo work up until just very recently. Most of it is because in my band, Incubus, it is very much a collaborative effort. I do what I do in the band, and everyone plays their respective parts, but in the end, we are sort of a democratic process. Brandon Boyd effort band play Shakira's music isn't my cup of tea, but the way she moves her hips reminds me of the feeling you get when you climb the gym pole. Brandon Boyd feelings tea moving Pop is an easy way for evil business people to make a lot of money. But I find myself humming a Christina Aguilera song every once in a while. Brandon Boyd evil song people That first plunge under the shore break on a chilly fall morning. It forces a sound out of one's body that is kind of a whoo-ahhh! - shocking and refreshing all at once. You become acutely aware of your body and your surroundings, which is helpful when you're about to paddle out to sea. Brandon Boyd sea morning fall Nothing is indeed "true." Brandon Boyd Music has to be written while people are still excited about a particular melodic or rhythmic sequence. The idea doesn't come out the same if we're not really excited about it. Brandon Boyd excited people ideas Men have a lot less to write about, unless you're somebody like Tom Waits or John Lennon. And the female voice is much more suited to melody. Men have this barky thing - we're domesticated apes with a microphone. Brandon Boyd voice writing men Female artists are the perfect example of a creator: They know how to make life and art with their bodies. Life comes from their bodies, so on a very basic level, they have more to write about. Brandon Boyd perfect writing art I follow a dairy-free and gluten-free diet, which can be challenging in some places. Brandon Boyd gluten dairy challenges I think freedom of speech is important, but coupled with responsibility. Brandon Boyd freedom-of-speech responsibility thinking People, like large groups of people are stupid. Individuals are smart and can deal with things and can make things last and work, but when people get together in big crowds they're stupid. They turn into sheep, then you have major situations. Brandon Boyd smart stupid sheep Music has always been my back door to life. It is important for people to find something that excites them. I like the concept that if you do what excites you, you will be rewarded generously, whatever form reward takes, which is not necessarily money. Brandon Boyd important doors people I get out on my bike almost every day. If I can't walk somewhere, I'll bike or skateboard. Brandon Boyd bike walks ifs It's been really interesting watching people's reactions to the new music, to the old music and also watching how modern young people will be standing in front of something going on like live music, and there's a camera in front of their face. Brandon Boyd camera face music people Big Brother is watching... look busy. Brandon Boyd big-brother look brother busy To me, it's like the difference between a pen and a paintbrush. Music draws from almost the identical place as art does, which really is that intangible - it's like you're pulling from the ether. I don't know where it comes from. Nobody really does. It sort of arrives when it wants to. Brandon Boyd me you music art We are very fortunate to live in this country, but at the same time, the reason the forces are so much more destructive here is because they are faceless. Brandon Boyd live reason time country What's interesting is a lot of the older music when we start performing it, it acts a lot like muscle memory. It's kind of like riding a bike. For me as a singer, I just had to remember like what part of my face I sang that into. Brandon Boyd face me bike music Similar Authors Adam Jones musician Izzy Stradlin musician Bon Scott musician Brad Delp musician Brad Delson musician Brian Eno musician All Authors