Josh Homme Quotes

I think music needs danger; it needs risk.

I don't ever try to make a song better than my last song. I just try to make it different from my last one.

I'm definitely a risk-taker with my music.

To keep creating something with this type of music, you have to take it out of the box.

I got to realizing that I wanted to record, I wanted to experiment. And doing those same old songs the same old way - I said, 'I think it's time for me to have some fun.'

I love to get to that place where I don't know what kind of music I'm doing; I don't know if it's any good. I don't know if it's anything. It's a big question mark. The idea is to have interesting results. That's my bottom line.

One thing I liked about 'Silver Bell' is that I barely knew how to play in the tuning I was writing in, and I just went for it anyway.

I always want to keep moving musically and trying new things.

Music has to change. I don't want to stay the same forever.

Pushing yourself and digging into something new, that's what being a musician is all about.

We kept moving forward and didn't try to recreate the past .. the approach to each album was radically different every time. Many bands would have some success and, because they were locked into having a single - something we didn't have to worry about - they had to make sure there was something similar on the next album ... that was never the idea with Led Zeppelin .. the goal was to keep that spark of spontaneity at all times.

I think that all my albums are different enough where I don't feel like I did this the last time.

I'm proud that with 'Bright Eyes' we've always experimented and tried to make a different record every time out.

The more I compose, the more I know that I don't know it all. I think it's a good way to start. If you think you know it all, the work becomes a repetition of what you've already done. I try to make sure that I don't repeat my music.

I believe you have to be willing to be misunderstood if you're going to innovate.

I got a chance to work with Miles Davis, and that changed everything for me, 'cause Miles really encouraged all his musicians to reach beyond what they know, go into unknown territory and explore. It's made a difference to me and the decisions that I've made over the years about how to approach a project in this music.

I don't live in the past or focus on making new songs sound like my old stuff; it would be stupid, and I don't think anyone would like it.

I feel that when you care about your music, taking risks is something you should do to keep things exciting.

I always feel like out of every session that I do, whether it's a record session or even a concert, I like to think that there was something in there that I didn't do before. That's my goal.

Miles Davis would have this lineup of all these amazing musicians and one day would just say, 'We're done.' After tons of great records and tickets sold, he said, 'Now I'm going to grow my hair out and play my horn through a wah-wah pedal.' Rather than play it safe, he went on.

Music is still my main thing, but I will explore anything that's interesting and challenging.

I'm not interested in re-creating the same blues I love so much. I'm interested in pushing boundaries.

I think if anything, what 'The Astonishing' proved is that we're always going to experiment.

Nothing I'm doing musically is revolutionary in any way, shape, or form.

If you don't take a risk then what's the point. We can't keep making films in the same space.