Drawing and visual pursuits were first. Music came and found me in a way. Really, what it’s about is creative problem solving, and music is a lot more an expression of that than painting is for me. Brandon Boyd Read Quote
Music draws from almost the identical place as art does, which really is that intangible – it’s like you’re pulling from the ether. I don’t know where it comes from. Brandon Boyd Read Quote
I’ve been painting and drawing and taking pictures as long as I’ve been writing music – and I’ve actually been drawing longer than I’ve been writing music. Brandon Boyd Read Quote
My parents are wonderful, and I’m really lucky – but my mom has always been almost exclusively a right-brained person. Brandon Boyd Read Quote
The girl I find who wants to talk about quantum theory in a bar is the one I want to marry. Brandon Boyd Read Quote
Female artists are the perfect example of a creator: They know how to make life and art with their bodies. Life comes from their bodies, so on a very basic level, they have more to write about. Brandon Boyd Read Quote
Men have a lot less to write about, unless you’re somebody like Tom Waits or John Lennon. And the female voice is much more suited to melody. Men have this barky thing – we’re domesticated apes with a microphone. Brandon Boyd Read Quote
I learned from a very young age that if I pursued the things that truly excited me, that they would reward in more important ways, like happiness. Brandon Boyd Read Quote
As a surfer, I am interested in the ocean. And I am concerned and interested in all of these natural and cultural rumblings underfoot as well. Brandon Boyd Read Quote
I actually believe ‘Sustainability’, as a concept, is one of the arteries leading to the heart of so many of our cultural transitions at play today. And it’s this concept which leads me to bottled water, and its multibillion dollar industry. Brandon Boyd Read Quote
