Brendon Urie Quotes
Quotations and aphorisms by Brendon Urie:
I've done a collaboration with Action Bronson, which is, like, the coolest thing I've done so far.
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I have no problem with people illegally downloading stuff. I'm not going to drive hard into 'You should buy my stuff,' because really, it's inevitable. If you like a song, you're going to download it for free. I have no problem with that.
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I know Dan Reynolds from Imagine Dragons. We went to the same church. I'm pretty sure he's still Mormon. I left the church long ago.
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I love traveling, I love waking up in a new city every day.
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To see fans singing your songs back to you is an indescribable thing.
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You can create some soul out of something that's electronic or mechanical.
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I've never considered myself a lyricist, but I have stuff to say.
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I'm a pretty good drummer. I'm pretty good at guitar, bass and piano. I can play accordion; I'm not virtuoso. I've played cello before. My sister played it, and I know how to play it, but I'm not the best. Violin is kind of the same thing.
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I love shopping online for clothes, but only from places that I'm familiar with their sizing.
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One of the most frustrating parts about songwriting for me is production, but it makes me want to get better at it and ends up being one of the most rewarding parts of it.
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My family is very religious.
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I learned about being positive from my parents. They're the most positive people I've ever known.
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I'm still a very big fan of Fiona Apple.
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I don't listen to a ton of rock music.
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I'm a big fan of electronic dance music.
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I've always been that person: If it gets into my head, I've got to do it until I get it perfect - a perfectionist's attitude.
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I was gonna be a cosmetologist. I didn't really want to. I wanted to be in a band. It kind of worked out.
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There's always a bit of nerves that come with expectations and new situations.
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Luckily, my wife is amazing. She's one of the few people in my life I'm completely honest with. I've told her everything about my past. She knows me inside and out. There's no secrets at all.
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I think, you know, when you're a teenager, sometimes your emotions are a little bit more drastic than maybe when you're in your 20s. You sort of level out a little bit.
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I have a room dedicated to music and recording. I go there first thing in the morning and just before I go to bed. And it has a window to my street, so I can watch all the crazies walking by.
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I find myself being attracted to dudes all the time. I'm like, 'Wow, that's a beautiful man.' There's no shame in it; that's how I feel.
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Change is always a little bit strange.
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Having a very serious thematic element in the lyrics and then juxtaposing with something really triumphant and just a big beat to dance to is a nice contrast to having a dark message.
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I love Journey and Fleetwood Mac.
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Synthesizers were looked at as stealing the soul of music, but then there were these new bands who used it to contradict that idea.
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I like surprising myself. I don't want to do the norm, do what I'm always known to do, write how I like to write.
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I've always wanted to do a cutesy little song with a guy and girl singing back and forth and thought that Regina Spektor would be kind of cool for that. I love her voice. She's an amazing musician.
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'Miss Jackson' is about something that actually happened to me when I was younger. I hadn't really talked about it, and I felt that if I didn't, I would keep thinking about it; it would drive me crazy.
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My favorite type of pet has always been a dog. They're loyal, kind, and offer endless affection. My friend Eric says, 'The more people I meet, the more I like my dog.' Funny thought.
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I seriously love Cleveland. It's a great city.
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I just love making music, and I wouldn't want to stop.
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There's actually a song called 'Vegas Lights,' which I wanted to be an anthem for Vegas, that represented how I felt when I went to the clubs. I felt this weird energy where everybody was having a good time, and it didn't matter. Dancing like nobody's watching. It was kind of beautiful.
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You can't just be a musician; you have to be an entertainer and perform and act just to hit the bar.
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I didn't even go to graduation.
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All through my senior year, luckily, I didn't have too many hard classes, just a lot of electives. I was able to spend most of my time at the practice space.
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I played trumpet in middle school, and then I had to get braces, so I had to stop playing trumpet and start playing drums.
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It's cool to be different and just be who you are and shock people in a good way.
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I recorded 'The End of All Things' right before I married my now wife. We had no vows publicly, so I wrote her this song and told her, 'This is how I see our relationship.'
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When you have four people writing lyrics instead of one person, the lyrics are going to be a little more broad.
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I haven't mowed a lawn in quite a while, but I remember hating that when I was growing up. To please Dad, you have to get it right, and that's the thing. You have to please Dad.
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What I love is getting polarized opinions.
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I was a maniac as a teenager; I'm not going to sugarcoat it. I was crazy.
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I like to see how other people work and be part of their stuff and see what I can do to be part of their worlds. Its a pretty big challenge, and that excites me.
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There was a kid that used to pick on me... he used to drop my food and beat me up in little corners. Nothing serious, but tease me. I remember knocking his food out of his hand one time when he in the middle of explaining something to his friends, and they all laughed, so I thought that was pretty nice. 'Well, there you go buddy.'
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I want to write something that celebrates life, that's fun to listen to.
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I think the only festival I ever went to was Warped Tour.
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Hip hop is doing the new rock thing; there are no rules. They can do anything, really. And that's inspiring.
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I guess a lot of people don't like talking.
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Some of my favourite record and album covers and stuff have all been the singer, and they create a character, and they dress up a little bit.
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Playing in arenas, that's very non-personal with the crowd.
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I know I'm not a buff dude in any sense, but I'm more than comfortable with my body.
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I love being the center of attention. I'm shameless about it.
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The future should be exciting, you know? It shouldn't be a nerve-wracking experience.
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I really like musicals - 'The Music Man,' 'Oklahoma!,' 'Li'l Abner,' 'Annie Get Your Gun.'
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With an older generation, there's some weight carried with the Beatles. There's almost like an untouchable, god-like force field around them.
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Since I was a kid - youngest of five kids - I've always been starved for attention, like 'Look at me! Look at me! Look what I can do!'
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My favorite electric guitar would have to be my Duesenberg. I've named her 'Dolores,' and she sings like an operatic menace.
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I really miss wearing costumes and makeup.
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Writing a song to be a single is hard, and I don't like to focus on that because you can get caught up in making something just terrible, which is really easy to do if you're focused on making it a single. It's more fun when you focus on what excites you musically.
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Before I had a steady job, I was broke, and I didn't have any money to buy anything, so I would illegally download stuff.
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I love to surf. Hawaii has some of the best waves in the world, and the most consistent as well. That's always fun.
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From the first time I heard Bob Marley or even Sublime, I wanted to move out to California and be near the ocean, start surfing, start being a part of that whole thing.
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I guess if I had to classify myself, I'd say I'm straight.
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I think it's healthy for bands to discover new, older stuff.
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