Words matter. These are the best Tom DeLonge Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
There’s a time in your life where you’re not quite sure where you are. You think everything’s perfect, but it’s not perfect… Then one day you wake up and you can’t quite picture yourself in the situation you’re in. But the secret is, if you can picture yourself doing anything in life, you can do it.
My dad has had a rare form of leukemia since I was in about 7th grade. But they’ve come up with some amazing drugs since then and he’s doing really well today.
My company created a platform called Modlife, this prepackaged website that runs an artist’s website.
Whether it’s at their job, or their family, whatever – everyone feels that they’re stuck in some kind of struggle. The idea is how to find your way out of it.
Humor has become so cliche and boring that nothing’s funny anymore unless it involves something totally disgusting that offends somebody or makes them feel really uncomfortable.
Like millions of others, I have been plagued by the devastating effects of cancer hitting not one, but multiple members of my family.
In ten years I will become president of the United States Of America.
I’ve realized that I love all forms of music and get excited when any artist goes crazy and creates something that is an experience.
Most bands, if something goes wrong, they cower and walk off stage and fire people.
I used to get so jealous if my wife liked another band more than my own. Come to think of it, I still do.
When you see opportunities in your life, you’ve got to analyze, ‘Why was that choice given to me?’
Every day, I read books on philosophy and science fiction and human consciousness.
The Angels shows are really intense. We play for a couple hours at a time. They’re very theatrical and full of audience interaction and emotion. I’ve seen a lot of people crying and stuff. It’s a little bit like church, but it’s very secular.
You don’t even wish for the success that I had, because you don’t think it’s attainable.
I’ve never been a jam-band sort of musician.
‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind’ is the best movie for a guy like me. A cerebral adventure. A moving story. A bunch of little green men.
Geometric shapes hold an energy pattern, and scientists did some experiments which say certain geometric shapes can affect matter around them. It’s simply because when a human looks at a shape, they instantly receive energy from their brain.
I will eat anything Mexican – a sombrero, hacienda… anything. They’ve perfected the combo of bread items and the grill.
I would lose straight away if I went on ‘American Idol.’
It’s actually cool to be positive and optimistic and idealistic. It’s cool to see yourself doing beautiful, great things.
I’m a huge stadium rock fan, but I’m also a fan of everything from Massive Attack to Peter Gabriel, U2, the Police, Radiohead, and Coldplay.
Everyone I talk to says stuff like, ‘Music sucks today,’ and I’m going to try and change all that.
I’m a huge stadium rock fan, but I’m also a fan of everything from Massive Attack to Peter Gabriel, U2, the Police, Radiohead, and Coldplay. I’ve realized that I love all forms of music and get excited when any artist goes crazy and creates something that is an experience.
I grew up skateboarding, but I don’t even do that anymore.
I always want to do different things. I’m always obsessed with trying to do different things.
When we started Angels & Airwaves, we wanted to produce our art on different mediums, but the film was an ambitious one because we actually didn’t go into it thinking we could make a big feature film.
I write in a very melodic way, so that will never leave. I think my records will always tend to be approachable.
People are different when they’re 30 than they are when they’re 16.
I don’t believe that I’m better than anybody, but I do believe that I’ll try harder than most and I hope that people just join me for a little bit of a ride.
I don’t listen to punk any more, unless it’s right before I play. Not that I don’t like it, it’s nostalgic. But, it’s for kids and it should be… it’s not art, it’s expression.
Angels and Airwaves is a complete, pure reflection of who I am. The philosophy, the spiritualism, the esotericism, the idea of hope and space and the themes about life and grandeur… that’s all me.
I think my records will always tend to be approachable.
When I write in the studio, I tend to gravitate toward the ability to play really loud, aggressive, post-punk stuff, with big, heavy guitars and a big rock drum sound.
