Here in Ohio, the hardcore scene is a big thing, so some of our good friends are in hardcore bands. So we've had to figure out how the heck we get these people to respect us. Tyler Joseph More Quotes by Tyler Joseph More Quotes From Tyler Joseph Music seems to hold everything together. It seems to make things not so chaotic sometimes. It seems to make things make more sense sometimes. Tyler Joseph chaotictogethersometimes There's always that fear of your own head and the things you're going to think. Tyler Joseph thinking Know this: you can start over, each morning. Tyler Joseph starting-overknowsmorning You can close your eyes if you want. Sometimes things are less scary. Tyler Joseph scaryeyewant I kinda always wanted to be an ant. Tyler Joseph antswanted Death inspires me like a dog inspires a rabbit. Tyler Joseph dograbbitsinspire It's a funny thing. I'll be in my home town of Columbus at a restaurant or something, and the waiter maybe asks, 'What do you do?' and I say, 'Oh, I'm in a band... Twenty One Pilots,' and he'll say, 'Cool, I'll check it out. I never heard of them.' And then I say, 'In September we're playing the Schottenstein Center,' and it's like, 'What?!' Tyler Joseph coolyouhomefunny Music can connect people on an intimate level. What Josh and I are trying to do is represent anyone who has some of the questions that we have. Tyler Joseph questionsmusictryingpeople From the beginning, my songwriting was from writing in a journal; it was completely unfiltered. I don't know if I really meant to show everyone this side of me, but when I saw how people resonated to the things I was saying, some of the questions I was asking, I realized I was not alone. Tyler Joseph alonebeginningmepeople A lot of things you do to cover up insecurities can be just as harmful to you as anything else. Tyler Joseph anythingjustthingsyou It's all right to fail. You just have to get up again and try. That's the bottom line. Tyler Joseph rightjusttryyou Insecurity, for me, feels like the sensation of suffocating. Tyler Joseph sensationlikemeinsecurity By the time you do what somebody else is doing, everybody has moved on to something else. Tyler Joseph somethingdoingyoutime Blurryface is this character that I came up with that represents a certain level of insecurity. Tyler Joseph levelupinsecuritycharacter We're constantly faced with decisions. A lot of times, the right ones take more work; it takes longer to see benefit: they're the long route. Tyler Joseph decisionsseeworklong You hear about our conservative background and know that we're Christian guys, but we're not timid at all. I will take anyone on when it comes to outworking them or putting on a better show or standing up for people who are being put down. Tyler Joseph downbetteryoupeople Self-awareness is a character trait that's horrible to have if you're a performer. I think that a lot of these performers that we see get up on stage and play music, there's a sense of them truly not caring how they're coming across. They are just themselves. I look up to a lot of people who are like that. Tyler Joseph youmusiccharacterpeople Even if it's a horrible venue - a bar that barely has a PA and no lighting - we're still there trying to get somebody to not forget us. Tyler Joseph uslightingforgettrying There was a lot of pressure to find a genre and stick to it. People would tell me all the time, 'You can't be all things to everyone.' I would say, 'I'm not trying to be! I'm being what I want to be for myself.' Tyler Joseph myselfmeyoutime The lyrics are a lot about those big questions: why are we here, how did we get here, what's the point, and what's next. When those questions come up with fans, I would absolutely share with them what has helped me and where I stand on what it is that I believe. Tyler Joseph standquestionsmebelieve
