Buzz Osborne

“I'm a workaholic. I don't know what to do when I'm not working.”

“The only thing that's 'cool' is to not be cool.”

“Rock'n'roll is a teenage sport, really, and I think it should be that.”

“I never wanted to be a part of any scene, I never wanted to be a part of anything.”

“We were never a grunge band. We were a band that was around when grunge was happening.”

“My life is a dream. I'm not a very happy person, but I'm very successful.”

“Art should be something that makes you think. It should be something that's challenging.”

“The best way to get people to listen to you is to tell them what they don't want to hear.”

“I don't think music is a competition. I think it's about doing your own thing.”

“I have no interest in being a rock star. I'm a musician.”

“I'm not interested in nostalgia. I'm interested in what's happening now.”

“You can't please everybody. So you got to please yourself.”

“I've always viewed the world in a skewed way.”

“I've always believed that music should be an adventure.”

“I don't trust anybody who doesn't have a sense of humor.”

“If you're in a band, you're a salesman. You're selling your music, you're selling yourself.”

“I think people are too sensitive. I think people need to grow up.”

“Our music has never been about being nihilistic or negative. It's about reality.”