I'm tired of being this solemn poet of the masses, the enigma shrouded in a mystery. Michael Stipe enigmamassemystery Change image and share on social
There are people that very strongly identify themselves as gay and then lesbian, and then I think there are a lot of people who are kind of some percentage or some version of that. Michael Stipe gayidentifykind Change image and share on social
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 backbeachclose share on social
When you meet a stranger, look at his shoes. Keep your money in your shoes. Michael Stipe meetmoneyshoe Change image and share on social
Because the casual music listeners are the ones who turn on the radio and they don't really care what's playing, they just know that they kinda like it or it's easy to drive to or it's easy to sing along to or whatever. Michael Stipe carecasualdrive share on social
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 altitudebadbernard Change image and share on social
My feeling is that labels are for canned food... I am what I am - and I know what I am. Michael Stipe cannedfeltfood Change image and share on social
When we first started, we were a band from Athens and that was so off the map. Michael Stipe athensbandmap Change image and share on social
My iPod that was programmed by Peter Buck. It has 7,000 songs hand-picked for me by him. Michael Stipe 000buckhand Change image and share on social
If I'm tired of me, I'm sure the public is as well. Michael Stipe publictire Change image and share on social