The top 10 most inspiring quotes by Michael Stipe
- My feeling is that labels are for canned food… I am what I am – and I know what I am.
- So, when you divide the world into music lovers, music fans and then those people who are just very casual about their music, it’s wallpaper to them, it’s elevator music, it’s just the thing that’s playing in the background that helps them through their day.
- We made part of the record in Miami, and I would go down to the beach, and not 20 feet from the water I see a fish that is at least seven feet long swimming close to the shore. I did not go back in the ocean the entire month.
- Peter was sick of being a pop star, the guitar god, and so he decided to teach himself other instruments. Among the instruments that he picked up was the mandolin.
- I think there were early critics who wanted us to change the world because the Sex Pistols failed.
- Because the casual music listeners are the ones who turn on the radio and they don’t really care what’s playing, they just know that they kinda like it or it’s easy to drive to or it’s easy to sing along to or whatever.
- My iPod that was programmed by Peter Buck. It has 7,000 songs hand-picked for me by him.
- On planes I always cry. Something about altitude, the lack of oxygen and the bad movies. I cried over a St. Bernard movie once on a plane. That was really embarrassing.
- I’m not homosexual, I’m not hetrosexual, I’m just sexual.
- Super casual music listeners. That’s most of the people in the world. And you have to understand, that’s why Top 40 radio exists. It’s not there for people who seek out music and who love music.
Michael Stipe is an American singer, songwriter, and producer best known as the lead vocalist and primary lyricist of the influential alternative rock band R.E.M. Born on January 4, 1960, in Decatur, Georgia, he co-founded the band in 1980 while studying at the University of Georgia.
With Stipe’s distinctive voice and poetic, often enigmatic lyrics, R.E.M. became one of the most important bands of the 1980s and 1990s, helping bring alternative rock into the mainstream. The group released critically acclaimed albums such as Murmur, Automatic for the People, and Out of Time, producing iconic songs like “Losing My Religion” and “Everybody Hurts.”
Beyond music, Stipe is known for his activism, particularly in human rights, environmental, and LGBTQ+ causes. Since R.E.M.’s disbandment in 2011, he has pursued visual art and solo music projects, continuing his creative and cultural influence.
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