No,
you’re basically in the same exact position
you always were.
If you couldn’t talk to girls before,
you’re not gonna be able to talk to them
after you become a rock star, either.
It’s just more painful, ’cause you think,
“Man, if I can’t get chicks now,
I’m a totally lost cause.”
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Written by Rivers Cuomo
Rolling Stone Magazine
“Q&A: Not So Serious Rivers Cuomo,” 5/30/01
Found by Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz
Astoria, NY
It used to really piss me off,
but that was ’cause when we first came out,
I had the wrong impression
of what we actually were.
I mean, I thought of us
as this dreadfully serious, important rock band,
and I thought that for once in my life
I had finally overcome my geeky self.
And as soon as the spotlight hit us,
everyone said, “Hey, they’re a bunch of geeks,”
and it felt really disappointing:
“Wow, I’m finally a star,
but I’m just a bigger geek than ever.
More people are aware of how geeky I am.”
___________
Written by Rivers Cuomo
Rolling Stone Magazine
“Q&A: Not So Serious Rivers Cuomo,” 5/30/01
Found by Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz
Astoria, NY
“I milked cows,
I cleaned barns,
I dug ditches.
I made 38 bucks
a week
digging ditches.
Then I worked
as a waitress
—did I say waitress?—
a waiter.
I worked
as an elevator boy.
I am remembered
that way
in my mind.”
__________
Written by Marlon Brando
Miami Herald
“Marlon Brando, Hollywood’s Most Famous Recluse,” August 11, 1990
Found by Michael Cleary
Miami, FL