Mike Watt quotes

The only thing new is you finding out about something. Like nothing's really new, but you reinvent it for yourself and find your inner voice. (Mike Watt)
I think punk rock, especially for me, was a big middle finger to this whole talent thing. View quote
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Life is definitely not a rehearsal, this is it. View quote
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Imitation is being rewarded. They're learning that if you fit right in the mold, you get rewarded. Music is no longer a form of expression - it's a means to a lifestyle. View quote
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hurts I have are my fault but I'm sure gonna learn from it and hopefully anyone reading this will too. the lesson: stay aware on a bicycle and look up the road in front of you at all times to make sure you can deal w/what's coming and the condition of the road you're gonna be rolling down! View quote
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I have a little name. That's why people can remember it. View quote
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What's obvious to me isn't always obvious to other people. View quote
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Punk is not really a style of music. It was more like a state of mind. View quote
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Navy housing is like tract homes. ... All the houses look the same. Everybody's pop was the same rank. There's a lot of negative to the military - like, most of it. But one good thing was I lived with all kinds of people, as far as ethnic background or whatever. Because the navy was integrated. That was kind of neat. And with everybody's pop being chiefs, you could see that no one was above or below anyone else. You know how neighborhoods get all caught up in different things? Well, in the military you're not like that. You're all together. So I will say that was one positive thing that came out of it. View quote
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The 'minute' meant more like minute ... Like we were small compared to a big arena rock band. And the other reason for the name - I had a bunch of names on a paper, and D. Boon picked that one. He liked it because there was some right-wing group who used the name. We thought, we'll call ourselves the same thing - there goes their power! It'll dilute it and confuse things. View quote
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If it's some style, especially some shrink-wrapped thing hanging on a wall at Toys 'R' Us, then it won't live, it won't be dynamic ... It becomes exactly what the marketing people want - a genre, something to make their job easier. But if it's something like, "Everybody's telling me the wall's over there, but I'm going to push against it and see if it's really there" - to me, that's what punk is. An idealistic attitude. (Mike Watt)