Quotes About Integrity

You know, I don't only play for the record books.

I do not want history to record me as someone who has bequeathed to his nation the institution of despotism.

My dad was a plumber. That's hard work. He never missed a day of work. I will never disrespect him by not showing up for an athletic competition that has a maximum duration of 25 minutes. There should be forfeiture if you have to pull out of a fight. If you don't show up, it should be a loss on your record.

You're not going to find me cringe from my record.

There's poetry in being the band that can sell out Wembley but also makes a record in a garage. I don't like doing what people expect me to do.

A politician and a government should be judged by one way only: on the record of what you do or did, not on what you say.

A lot of people record on a laptop and use plug-ins, which might be OK for the kind of music that they're doing. But for the kind of music that I'm doing, that just doesn't work. I can't cut corners; everything has to be organic.

Well it's because the record companies are pumping away with their commercial stuff. I think it's a shame.

Record companies tell me to play something more commercial, but I don't want to do anything else.

I told the record company I didn't feel the need to be at red-carpet events. I wanted a career. But I wanted to keep myself intact as a person.

I don't like record company people very much, so I don't want to be one of them.

Even before I got the record deal, I never really used singing to get girls. I always felt weird about that.

I'm not desperate to sign, like, a record deal. I'm very hungry, but I'm just not desperate for it.

It's not like I'm taking 20 grand from the shows. I mean there's no record label, so this is a genuine thing. And I think most people can see that. I think that anyone who knows me, knows I do things with integrity.

I think what constitutes rock nowadays is people that actually play and sing. They can do the job live with no ProTools or embellishments or other recorded material.

I'm really proud to say that in the recorded history of our family, we've never had a divorce or any kind of homosexual relationship.

I've never recorded anyone else's songs. I'm not interested. If you gave me a song by Bono and Edge and promised me a number one hit with it I'd still say no. That, for me, is not the kind of success I want.

Garth Fundis is a song guy. He is in it for the right reasons; he's about the music. He doesn't ever try to talk you into recording something that you shouldn't. He gets it.

There are still recording artists out there doing things for the right reason, but a lot of people seem to be just driven by fame.

When I'm on the microphone and I'm recording, or onstage, or shooting a video, I'm doing my job. When I'm not, I'm being myself.

Any time I need to get a serious attitude adjustment, I put on one of their records, and there are examples there for all time to keep us honest and keep us reaching; they'll never be eclipsed.

I want to have hit records, but I'm not searching to say, 'All right, I need this to be in the club. I need this, that.' I'm just making quality music.

I don't make records that way, where I'm trying to please the marketplace or anything. Not because I have anything against that, it's just never been a part of my aesthetic, even when I was with the Pixies.

Bands that say they don't care about how their records sell are liars.