Top 60 Brendon Urie Quotes

Hip hop is doing the new rock thing; there are no rules. They can do anything, really. And that’s inspiring.

When I got the ‘Blue Album,’ I was 11 years old, 10 years old, and then I convinced my parents to go and get my first drum kit, which was, like, 600 bucks.

From the first time I heard Bob Marley or even Sublime, I wanted to move out to California and be near the ocean, start surfing, start being a part of that whole thing.

You can’t just be a musician; you have to be an entertainer and perform and act just to hit the bar.

It never came into question, taking the name away or changing it. Panic! has always symbolised some form of excitement that I couldn’t get elsewhere.

Having a very serious thematic element in the lyrics and then juxtaposing with something really triumphant and just a big beat to dance to is a nice contrast to having a dark message.

Writing a song to be a single is hard, and I don’t like to focus on that because you can get caught up in making something just terrible, which is really easy to do if you’re focused on making it a single. It’s more fun when you focus on what excites you musically.

I know Dan Reynolds from Imagine Dragons. We went to the same church. I’m pretty sure he’s still Mormon. I left the church long ago.

We’re all in this together. We’re all sinners.

I can go to festivals and open spaces, but if I’m in a crammed room with a bunch of people – oh my God.

I have a room dedicated to music and recording. I go there first thing in the morning and just before I go to bed. And it has a window to my street, so I can watch all the crazies walking by.

I’m curious what the acting world is like; I’m so foreign to it that I’d be curious to see what that’s all about.

I have no problem with people illegally downloading stuff. I’m not going to drive hard into ‘You should buy my stuff,’ because really, it’s inevitable. If you like a song, you’re going to download it for free. I have no problem with that.

I’ve never considered myself a lyricist, but I have stuff to say.

Luckily, my wife is amazing. She’s one of the few people in my life I’m completely honest with. I’ve told her everything about my past. She knows me inside and out. There’s no secrets at all.

I want to write something that celebrates life, that’s fun to listen to.

To see fans singing your songs back to you is an indescribable thing.

Since I was a kid – youngest of five kids – I’ve always been starved for attention, like ‘Look at me! Look at me! Look what I can do!’

There are bands like Imagine Dragon, Grouplove, and fun. who have come along and shifted the way that rock can sound.

I’m still a very big fan of Fiona Apple.

Touring is my religion. Music is all-encompassing – my religion.

I’ve always been that person: If it gets into my head, I’ve got to do it until I get it perfect – a perfectionist’s attitude.

My favorite electric guitar would have to be my Duesenberg. I’ve named her ‘Dolores,’ and she sings like an operatic menace.

I still use a lot of good values from growing up in the Church, and there was a sense of community. But you were also being heavily judged by people that wanted to look down on you for not being as great as they are.

It’s so crazy to think about touring with Weezer because that’s a band that I grew up with.

I like… piecing things together because it gives you a product that you would never have come up with just sitting down and writing on a blank slate.

I think, you know, when you’re a teenager, sometimes your emotions are a little bit more drastic than maybe when you’re in your 20s. You sort of level out a little bit.

I’m so excited for 30. I hear it’s OK. I’ll probably do the same stuff, but I’ll be more comfortable being who I am.

I just love making music, and I wouldn’t want to stop.

I really miss wearing costumes and makeup.

I was so enthralled watching ‘Guys and Dolls’ and learning about the Rat Pack.

Growing up, my earliest memories are listening to Sinatra Christmas albums.

If I could play Jean Valjean, I think that would be the pinnacle.

I wanted to be an actor as a kid. My teacher in second grade had called a talent agency and had them call my house. My mom was so mad.

I was gonna be a cosmetologist. I didn’t really want to. I wanted to be in a band. It kind of worked out.

There’s always a bit of nerves that come with expectations and new situations.

I’ve always wanted to do a cutesy little song with a guy and girl singing back and forth and thought that Regina Spektor would be kind of cool for that. I love her voice. She’s an amazing musician.

I love Journey and Fleetwood Mac.

Some of my favourite record and album covers and stuff have all been the singer, and they create a character, and they dress up a little bit.

I think that a band that cannot limit themselves to one genre and can kind of do a lot of different things.

My capacity for wanting to create has never faltered. If anything, it’s gained momentum.

I mostly listen to things that are so different because there’s something so intriguing about trying to understand where someone is coming from.

I played trumpet in middle school, and then I had to get braces, so I had to stop playing trumpet and start playing drums.

The first show we ever played was at my church.

If I had come out with an album called ‘Brendon Urie Does…’ everyone would have been like, ‘Who?’ Even five albums in, I’m still faceless wherever I go, which is great.

I find myself being attracted to dudes all the time. I’m like, ‘Wow, that’s a beautiful man.’ There’s no shame in it; that’s how I feel.

The future should be exciting, you know? It shouldn’t be a nerve-wracking experience.

Before I had a steady job, I was broke, and I didn’t have any money to buy anything, so I would illegally download stuff.

I thought that the older I got, that partying would change – and it has – in the way that now I know how to party.

My favorite type of pet has always been a dog. They’re loyal, kind, and offer endless affection. My friend Eric says, ‘The more people I meet, the more I like my dog.’ Funny thought.

I love traveling, I love waking up in a new city every day.

The album cover of ‘Death of a Bachelor’ is me on my roof of my backyard, so that’s my place where I spend most of my time writing.

I learned to play drums to the ‘Blue Album.’

I want to inflict some change on people.

I have a massive hat collection, which includes many, many fedoras I haven’t worn because of the stigma. I buy them thinking, ‘I’m going to make people accept fedoras!’ But with the way I dress, if I wore a fedora, I’d be in the camp that gives them a bad name.

When I was younger, I thought once I hit 25, I’d slow down. Nope!

Synthesizers were looked at as stealing the soul of music, but then there were these new bands who used it to contradict that idea.

It’s not really a popular consensus to sing Sinatra – which I love! And I just think it’s so cool that he disliked rock n’ roll so much.

I have smaller hands, so it’s nice being a littler guy, having a guitar that fits my body type.

Halsey’s a really great artist – her voice is great, and she has a really cool message behind her songs.