Mike Watt famous quotes

04-12-2025

I wanna try and stay a student for life.
-- Mike Watt

#Trying #Students
I think punk rock, especially for me, was a big middle finger to this whole talent thing.
-- Mike Watt

#Thinking #Rocks #Talent
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
I have a little name. That's why people can remember it.
-- Mike Watt

#Names #People #Littles
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
Life is definitely not a rehearsal, this is it.
-- Mike Watt

#Rehearsal #Life Is
Punk is not really a style of music. It was more like a state of mind.
-- Mike Watt

#Style #Mind #Punk
You need bad things to make good things. Itâ€™s like with farmingâ€” if you want to grow a good crop, you need a lot of manure.
-- Mike Watt

#Needs #Want #Farming
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 w/what's coming and the condition of the road you're gonna be rolling down!
-- Mike Watt

#Hurt #Reading #Lessons
Some things never die, and they often get way better.
-- Mike Watt

#Way #Dies
Baby boomers selling your rumors of their history, forcein' youth away from the truth of what's real today
-- Mike Watt

#Baby #Real #Rumor
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
I want to be a student for life.
-- Mike Watt

#Want #Students
You know there was always a confusion that punk was a style of music.
-- Mike Watt

#Confusion #Style #Punk
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
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

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