Tom DeLonge quotes

Tom DeLonge is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and entrepreneur, best known as the co-founder of the rock bands Blink-182 and Angels & Airwaves. His energetic performances and distinct vocals have influenced pop-punk music globally. He has also pursued interests in filmmaking and UFO research. Here are 43 of his quotes:

I don't believe that I'm better than anybody, but I do believe that I'll try harder than most and I hope that people just join me for a little bit of a ride.

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Humor has become so cliche and boring that nothing's funny anymore unless it involves something totally disgusting that offends somebody or makes them feel really uncomfortable.

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I didn't quit that band because I wanted to. I quit that band because I had to. Because when people give you an ultimatum about your family, what are you going to do? But the problem was no one was being truthful at the time.

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But really we wanted to do something that was more kind of different than what most punk rock bands are doing right now, where they are all dressing in black and acting pissed or sad or wearing make-up. Its just not what we are into.

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Every breath I take is a tribute to John Kerry.

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There's a time in your life where you're not quite sure where you are. You think everything's perfect, but it's not perfect... Then one day you wake up and you can't quite picture yourself in the situation you're in. But the secret is, if you can picture yourself doing anything in life, you can do it.

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I'm going to usher in this entire new culture of the youth, obsessed with the future.

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I'm a little left of center, for sure, with Angels & Airwaves. But even when I get really weird, it's not that weird. It's not like some obscure Sonic Youth record or something. We don't take it quite that far. But what we do like are crescendos, and we do like when a song catches you off guard and it gives you the chills up and down your arms.

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Hey oh, here I am... and here we go life's waiting to begin.

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She makes me feel like it's raining outside.

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The Angels shows are really intense. We play for a couple hours at a time. They're very theatrical and full of audience interaction and emotion. I've seen a lot of people crying and stuff. It's a little bit like church, but it's very secular.

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In ten years I will become president of the United States Of America.

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When I write in the studio, I tend to gravitate toward the ability to play really loud, aggressive, post-punk stuff, with big, heavy guitars and a big rock drum sound.

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Every day, I read books on philosophy and science fiction and human consciousness.

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'Love' has that Kubrick tonality to it, but this is not a Stanley Kubrick movie - there will never be another. At the same time, 'Love' has a modern feel. For example: In one scene, these astronauts go through a wormhole sequence, and you feel like you're being slapped around inside your head by a sonic boom.

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Like millions of others, I have been plagued by the devastating effects of cancer hitting not one, but multiple members of my family.

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Everyone I talk to says stuff like, 'Music sucks today,' and I'm going to try and change all that.

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Records aren't selling anymore; people are burning music.

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So many artists today will talk about green this or organic that, but you know what? What we are eating, I think, is really doing a lot of bad to us. I'm not sure if I'm the guy to do it right now, because I have to clean up my house too, so to speak, but we've got to start addressing this. Too many people are getting sick today.

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I will eat anything Mexican - a sombrero, hacienda... anything. They've perfected the combo of bread items and the grill.

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I always want to do different things. I'm always obsessed with trying to do different things.

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People are different when they're 30 than they are when they're 16.

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