I’m constantly fighting with my manager to reduce the amount of time I have to spend on promotional activities, so I can get back in the studio and work on new music. – Rivers Cuomo
I think probably with any performer, but maybe with rock music especially, the audience wants to see the singer being real, and exploring, and not doing a rehearsed routine, so I’m just constantly looking for new things to try. I’m really curious out there, and my curiosity has led me into all kinds of bizarre situations. – Rivers Cuomo
I’ve done a few things on the side here and there, but there is not much reason to do so in a sustained way. I’m generally able to say what I want to say within the context of Weezer. – Rivers Cuomo
I have some good books of Bach keyboard music transcribed for guitar, and there’s always a nylon-string guitar hanging on the wall in my house and a bunch of classical guitar books to grab. I kind of do that just for fun. – Rivers Cuomo
I just gotta keep reminding myself: Every time I do an interview or something, my volition really has to be just to serve, to help people. Not to feel like I’m important. – Rivers Cuomo
I wouldn’t say that I relax and enjoy anything. But I think my pessimism helps. I never really expect anything good to happen, so when it does, it’s a nice surprise. – Rivers Cuomo
When I was 15 and dreaming about being a rock star… I thought the whole point of it was to get chicks. – Rivers Cuomo
I think I’m a good dad. It’s hard. Ultimately, it’s our kids that have the final word. So we’ll have to ask them. – Rivers Cuomo
It’s great – that’s the best part about being famous is that people want to get to know me. People come up to me and introduce themselves, and I make friends, and then I meet their friends. It seems like I have a very happy and comfortable social life, which is something I never had when I was younger. – Rivers Cuomo
I think audiences sometimes mistakenly assume a quality performance comes from some great emotional disturbance rather than really intense concentration. Concentration and flow is what it’s all about. – Rivers Cuomo
Miley Cyrus’ ‘Party in the USA’ kills me with jealousy. The melodies are out-of-control beautiful. – Rivers Cuomo
Nothing sounded as sincere as Nirvana’s music. It took a long time for me to accept that any other music could be good in other ways. Including my own. – Rivers Cuomo
I decided to try celibacy because I heard it would help the meditation, and I tried meditation because I heard it would help with the music. So, it all really comes back to the music. – Rivers Cuomo
I can’t imagine Weezer stopping. We just love doing what we’re doing, and I think we’ll keep going until we fall down dead. Even if the audience is abandoning us, I can’t imagine doing anything else! – Rivers Cuomo
Cat Stevens’ music, voice, and energy made me feel so secure. He sounded different from some of the paternal figures in my life, so gentle and kind. – Rivers Cuomo
When ‘Nevermind’ came out, my roommate had the CD. At first, I actually thought, ‘This is too polished and commercial.’ It was a little off-putting. But then I was like, ‘This is the best music ever.’ It felt so close to what I wanted to do. – Rivers Cuomo
I felt frustrated by the limitations of rock and the lifestyle of touring around on a bus and playing the same songs over and over. So I went back to school to study music, and one of the things I got into was the Italian opera composer Puccini. – Rivers Cuomo
I meditate two hours a day, and every year I do one big long meditation course. I love it, and I’m really into it. – Rivers Cuomo
It seems like Weezer has gotten better and better at getting attention for everything besides our music. Part of that is just the nature of our culture now – you really have to scream to get some attention, so people even know you have a record out that they might want to listen to. – Rivers Cuomo