Mike Watt Quotes

• I wanna try and stay a student for life.

  Mike Watt

  Trying, Students

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• You need bad things to make good things. It’s like with farming— if you want to grow a good crop, you need a lot of manure.

  Mike Watt

  Needs, Want, Farming

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• I think punk rock, especially for me, was a big middle finger to this whole talent thing.

  Mike Watt

  Thinking, Rocks, Talent

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• Punk is not really a style of music. It was more like a state of mind.

  Mike Watt

  Style, Mind, Punk

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• The only thing new is you finding out about something. Like nothing's really new, but you reinvent it for yourself and find your inner voice.

  Mike Watt

  Voice, Findings, Inner Voice

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• Some things never die, and they often get way better.

  Mike Watt

  Way, Dies

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Imitation is being rewarded. They're learning that if you fit right in the mold, you get rewarded. Music is no longer a form of expression - it's a means to a lifestyle.

  Mike Watt

  Mean, Expression, Mold

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• Life is definitely not a rehearsal, this is it.

  Mike Watt

  Rehearsal, Life Is

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• Baby boomers selling your rumors of their history, forcein' youth away from the truth of what's real today

  Mike Watt

  Baby, Real, Rumor

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• The engine room really is a metaphor for my head, and all the things bangin' around, and I think I share that with a lot of people. A lot of memories, and a lot of hopes, and a lot of just dealing with the day-to-day. Sometimes it gets all abstract.

  Mike Watt

  Memories, Thinking, People

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I want to be a student for life.

  Mike Watt

  Want, Students

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• You know there was always a confusion that punk was a style of music.

  Mike Watt

  Confusion, Style, Punk

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• There was a thing during those times in the '80s where it was like Sex Pistols then Nirvana and nothing in between.

  Mike Watt

  Sex, Pistols, Sex Pistols

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• These hurts I have are my fault but I'm sure gonna learn from it and hopefully anyone reading this will too. The lesson: stay aware on a bicycle and look up the road in front of you at all times to make sure you can deal with what's coming and the condition of the road you're gonna be rolling down!

  Mike Watt

  Hurt, Reading, Rolling

  Personal Blog entry, www.hootpage.com. December 20, 2003.

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• I have a little name. That's why people can remember it.

  Mike Watt

  Names, People, Littles

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