Michael Stipe quotes - page 2

I'm tired of being this solemn poet of the masses, the enigma shrouded in a mystery. (Michael Stipe)
I've always felt that sexuality is a really slippery thing. In this day and age, it tends to get categorized and labeled, and I think labels are for food. Canned food. View quote
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And I don't expect anyone can bring about a revolution in the way that Bob Dylan did - and really didn't - in the 1960s. View quote
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They always want me to play myself and that's a big snooze. View quote
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But I think the one thing that I can say about us is that we're very consistent about certain things and part of that is our desire to do the very best work that we can and not rest on our laurels, or not allow formula to come into what we do. View quote
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I think there were early critics who wanted us to change the world because the Sex Pistols failed. View quote
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We're absolutely American and distinctly so, I think. That's part of what people respond to outside of this country, part of the reason that we're such a huge band outside of the U.S., where we're not so popular now as we were 10 or 12 years ago. View quote
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But we're very much an American band and that's that. I think that's part of the appeal outside of this country and it might be part of the reason people turned away from us within this country, because familiarity breeds contempt. View quote
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Sometimes I'm confused by what I think is really obvious. But what I think is really obvious obviously isn't obvious... View quote
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