#ck

My iPod that was programmed by Peter Buck. It has 7,000 songs hand-picked for me by him. ↗

On planes I always cry. Something about altitude, the lack of oxygen and the bad movies. I cried over a St. Bernard movie once on a plane. That was really embarrassing. ↗

— Michael Stipe

#altitude #always #bad #bernard #cried

Peter was sick of being a pop star, the guitar god, and so he decided to teach himself other instruments. Among the instruments that he picked up was the mandolin. ↗

— Michael Stipe

#being #decided #god #guitar #himself

The guy that just arranges things so that the stock market holds up is nobody in my - in my estimation. ↗

— James Stockdale

#estimation #guy #holds #just #market

So, when you divide the world into music lovers, music fans and then those people who are just very casual about their music, it's wallpaper to them, it's elevator music, it's just the thing that's playing in the background that helps them through their day. ↗

— Michael Stipe

#background #casual #day #divide #elevator

Sometimes before we make a record I go back and listen to a few. It's equally humbling and uplifting. ↗

— Michael Stipe

#back #before #equally #few #go

We made part of the record in Miami, and I would go down to the beach, and not 20 feet from the water I see a fish that is at least seven feet long swimming close to the shore. I did not go back in the ocean the entire month. ↗

— Michael Stipe

#beach #close #did #down #entire

We toured that record for a year, which turned out to be the culmination of ten years of being constantly on the road. We were sick to death of touring. ↗

— Michael Stipe

#constantly #culmination #death #out #record

I mean, I didn't - I should have demanded attention of the boss maybe, or something like that that might have backfired. This I would just take as it came. ↗

— James Stockdale

#backfired #boss #came #demanded #i

There was nothing there but black water and American fire power. ↗

— James Stockdale

#black #fire #nothing #power #water