Stephan Jenkins Quotes

It was a hard time for me to have a pure moment, to be present, to be here.

Life is cruel and unfair, my friends, and that is fact.

I like that gathering moment where the music is about to begin, that moment right there. It's like jumping out of an airplane. It's that moment when the lights go out and then you're in it.

My music is so often like a lullaby I write to myself to make sense of things I can't tie together, or things I've lost, or things I'll never have.

When people come together around music, there's something ancient going on. It has to come from a genuine place and that's part of the challenge. You have to cultivate that authenticity everyday.

I was not someone who participated in other people's castles.

When you're just shagging girls, you can talk about it, but once it gets real, then you don't.

I don't really believe in palm readers and crystal balls and tarot cards, but I respond to the need for them.

I find pleasure in things that are simple.

It's important to face down your demons.

Sex is funny and love is serious.

There's usually a rhythm and a melody in my head, and that creates an emotional state

I believe that all people are deserving of equal dignity and also equal protection. I also believe in science. And those are three things the Republican party platform doesn't believe in.

Am I a rock star? Yeah, I guess.

That's what drew me to rock music in the first place - that sense of remaking the world on your own terms.

I see rock music as the best example of modernday storytelling that exists in our society. Songs are narratives that help the listeners cope with the reality of life that can't be easily spoken about in everyday conversation. It is a hugely powerful process of helping people find themselves through music.

You just gotta go after things you like.

I have my share of insecurities, hopes and fears. My music is my way to rearrange the world according to my own hopes.

I like people who have a pulse and aren't afraid to show it.

What we value about music and literature are the moments that they create in our minds when we encounter them.

I would say, if you're a musician then you probably have some capacity and some intuition. You've got to trust that intuition and be true to what compels you. There will be a lot of things along the way that will try to remove you from that, and if you do, then I think you are diminished. If you stay with it, then you have something that's real.

Luxury and Ostentation usually make me feel antsy, like I'm going to get a case of gout.

You probably became a musicians because you're into it so stay that way. Don't believe that someone else has the golden ticket for you because they don't.

But I'm not worried about seeking out the approval of others - that high school thing of joining the club.

I try to be the fixer of situations and I gravitate to people who are institutional misfits.

Books stay with me and have shaped me and made huge impacts on my life.

I've spent several years now with my head down.

I carry groceries home on the tank of my motorcycle.

You make kingdoms and castles on your own.

I have this really beautiful Martin guitar, and it just kind of writes songs for me.

There are songs I really enjoy playing. I like playing "Say It" live because it's a long jam, kind of like shoegaze, so I do enjoy that.

I respect Chris Carrabba as a songwriter and I also respect his past. He's got this fierce, straight edge, kind of hardcore core. There's so many songs that people are connected to and they all came together in a kind of DIY way, which I really do respect.

A lot of people say I wouldn't have a down day, but you look at the music and there's real melancholy.

I don't think DIY is something that necessarily comes to mind when people hear Third Eye Blind, but that is completely how we've been from the beginning.

Music is the only thing in this world, with the exception of sneezing and looking at the sunset, that takes you to a place that's above the mundane. Everything else is just bullshit.

I've always identified with the misfits

I like surfing; I bring a surfboard with me on tour.

My music is my way to rearrange the world according to my own hopes.

Sometimes something will come along, and it feels easy and sometimes you'll get 85 percent there on a song and the last 15 percent will elude you for three years.