People think I'm a freak or something, but I'm actually a really normal guy. Rivers Cuomo More Quotes by Rivers Cuomo More Quotes From Rivers Cuomo Even at your best, the creative moments are still kind of fleeting. Rivers Cuomo yourbestmomentscreative I think audiences sometimes mistakenly assume a quality performance comes from some great emotional disturbance rather than really intense concentration. Concentration and flow is what it's all about. Rivers Cuomo performancegreatqualitysometimes I decided to try celibacy because I heard it would help the meditation, and I tried meditation because I heard it would help with the music. So, it all really comes back to the music. Rivers Cuomo helptrybackmusic The most nerve-wracking experience is an oral presentation in class. And right under that would be doing 'Saturday Night Live' or 'David Letterman.' One of those shows. Rivers Cuomo livedoingexperiencenight I'm often troubled by a very strong instinct to share everything that's going on with me. I want to feel that connection, even with people I don't know. Then this other voice says, 'That's not prudent. People will use what you've said to hurt you.' Rivers Cuomo feelmeyoupeople Now that I'm a father, I've forgiven my parents. Rivers Cuomo parentsnowforgivenfather I've always thought of myself as so unsuited to be a frontman. Rivers Cuomo thoughtmyselfalways I listen to music a lot on the treadmill - I would test 'Raditude' songs out on the treadmill. Rivers Cuomo listensongstestmusic I just went to the hobby shop and got an electricity kit and a chemistry kit, and I'm really excited to do experiments like squeezing an egg into a bottle and growing crystals. I'm really getting into hobbies. Rivers Cuomo egghobbyelectricitychemistry I was fixated on Prince's 'Black Album' for a long time. Rivers Cuomo long-timeblacktimelong I like to get input from all different kinds of listeners, including the really conservative ones, and sometimes those listeners steer me in a direction that I haven't seen. But at the end of the day, my vote is always to go in the direction that makes me the most excited. Rivers Cuomo end-of-the-daydaymesometimes I've done a few things on the side here and there, but there is not much reason to do so in a sustained way. I'm generally able to say what I want to say within the context of Weezer. Rivers Cuomo saydonewantway Probably the most reliable comfort music for me over the years has been Bach. Rivers Cuomo overmemusiccomfort I have some good books of Bach keyboard music transcribed for guitar, and there's always a nylon-string guitar hanging on the wall in my house and a bunch of classical guitar books to grab. I kind of do that just for fun. Rivers Cuomo goodguitarmusicfun Rock guitar has been around for decades now, and there are so many strong traditions, and so much of it is just burned into my fingers. So, nine times out of 10, when I pick up the guitar to jam something, it sounds pretty cliche. Rivers Cuomo rocksomethingguitarstrong I have a natural instinct to feel guilty and that I've let people down. I've apologized in more songs than 'Back to the Shack.' Going back to our second record, the closing lines are 'I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.' It's definitely part of my personality. Rivers Cuomo feelpersonalitysorrypeople I can't imagine Weezer stopping. We just love doing what we're doing, and I think we'll keep going until we fall down dead. Even if the audience is abandoning us, I can't imagine doing anything else! Rivers Cuomo downkeep-goinglovefall I think I'm a good dad. It's hard. Ultimately, it's our kids that have the final word. So we'll have to ask them. Rivers Cuomo goodthinkharddad
