Shannon Hoon Quotes

I feel more confident about what we're doing as a band and what we're trying to do as a band and the way we're looking at it as a band.

I hate the word 'hippy'. I hate a lot of people, and hippies don't do that!

I have a phobia of anything that doesn't die in the microwave after five seconds.

I know that sounds selfish, but you have to look at what it's doing to you personally - are you frustrated because of the way people perceive you, or are you happy enough about the things you've realized about yourself that you can tolerate the way people perceive you?

I like to be really high.

I made a living out of being a class clown.

I really enjoy the therapeutic value of writing songs.

I think we really almost burnt ourselves out on one record.

Keep on dreaming boy, cause when you stop dreamin' it's time to die.

Life isn't a tiptoe through the tulips.

That's when I realize that the people who come to the shows, that's their role... to help us understand why we enjoy doing this sometimes.

There's no leader of this band, and there never will be. That's the key. You can't control how the public perceives you-people see rock'n'roll bands as the guitar player and the singer.

We all enjoy the band and what we're doing, but we know this isn't gonna last forever.

We never were the band that believed in making all that money and becoming stars.