I was fixated on Prince's 'Black Album' for a long time. Rivers Cuomo More Quotes by Rivers Cuomo More Quotes From Rivers Cuomo With each step I take, I see that my ability to perform gets a little better. So until it starts getting worse, I'm going to keep moving forward. Rivers Cuomo stepslittlesmoving I do want to make music that people love, but I also want to make music that I love. I know I can't please everyone with anything I do, so I don't think too much about how other people are going to take things. Rivers Cuomo wantpeoplethinking The reason I started with prostitutes was solely to work on my negotiating skills. Once I mastered negotiating with naked women, dealing with Interscope was a piece of cake. Rivers Cuomo nakedcakeskills I have no interest in emo. I'm all about rap metal. Rivers Cuomo emorapinterest I think there is a very subtle shift from the metal I grew up on to Weezer. I think the big shift was from a minor key to a major key. That made a huge difference in how it was perceived. Rivers Cuomo differenceskeysthinking It could appear that I'm some kind of natural genius, but it's just a million small lessons I've picked up over the years. Rivers Cuomo lessonsgeniusyears It is cool to have a label head that is also a songwriter, in a band, and produces records. Rivers Cuomo recordslabelsband I never feel guilty about liking music. Rivers Cuomo guiltyfeels I find that I end up liking songs if I really have an idea of something I wat to write about-some problem in my life or something I want to work through; if I don't have something like that at the root of the song, then I think I end up not caring about it as much. I gravitate towards some kind of concept or idea or situation that I want to write about. Very often I have to write, rewrite and come at it from an opposite angle...and I end up writing the opposite song that I thought I was going to write. Rivers Cuomo caringwritingsong If enough people out there want a physical product, I'll be happy to make one. I'd say about 10,000 people is "enough." Rivers Cuomo enoughwantpeople I'm constantly fighting with my manager to reduce the amount of time I have to spend on promotional activities, so I can get back in the studio and work on new music. Rivers Cuomo new-musicstudiosfighting I can't say I was consciously thinking of the big changes in the music business when I was writing the lyrics, but change, uncertainty, flux, impermanence - these are things I'm acutely aware of. And I enjoy facing it all. Rivers Cuomo enjoywritingthinking The internet has not granted us more control in relation to the record company because we're still bound by an agreement with them not to release our music without their consent. But they generally let us do what we want, anyway, so it doesn't matter who's officially in control. Rivers Cuomo recordsagreementwant Most of the songs I write just very directly from my life. I don't have a big imagination. Whenever I tried to write from fantasy, it comes out sounding really fake. Rivers Cuomo imaginationwritingsong I enjoy listening to the albums of my youth as much as ever. Rivers Cuomo youthalbumslistening When I was 15 and dreaming about being a rock star... I thought the whole point of it was to get chicks. Rivers Cuomo rockthoughtbeingrock-star Most of the songs I write are just very directly from my life. I don't have a big imagination. Whenever I tried to write from fantasy, it comes out sounding really fake. Rivers Cuomo my-lifefakeimaginationlife I really want to disappear, grow a beard, not talk to anyone, not make any friends... I just want to disappear and study. Rivers Cuomo growbeardfriendswant I think probably with any performer, but maybe with rock music especially, the audience wants to see the singer being real, and exploring, and not doing a rehearsed routine, so I'm just constantly looking for new things to try. I'm really curious out there, and my curiosity has led me into all kinds of bizarre situations. Rivers Cuomo lookingmemusiccuriosity I found that so many people in the music business started out as metalheads in the Eighties - whether they're songwriters, producers, engineers or executives, and no matter what they look like, with short hair, suits or whatever. I feel like my generation of metal kids really tends to populate the music world to a large extent. Rivers Cuomo lookmusicbusinesspeople
