Brandon Boyd
Brandon Boyd
Brandon Charles Boydis an American singer, songwriter, musician, author, and visual artist. He is best known as the lead vocalist of the American Multi-Platinum rock band Incubus...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth15 February 1976
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
responsibility thinking freedom-of-speech
I think freedom of speech is important, but coupled with responsibility.
thinking artist aquariums
I am tapping into a place in you that is unexplored, and very dangerous, but I think essential to the creative life of an artist.
thinking grew grey
I think I grew a grey watching you procrastinate.
girl thinking america
Britney Spears. Because she's a girl, I wouldn't smack her - I'd lock her in a closet with poisonous spiders or something. Let her think about what she's doing to the youth culture of America.
beautiful mean thinking
I think that there is something beautiful about mortality. It makes our decisions mean more.
smile kids thinking
I feel like a little kid who just walked into a candy store. I think that's something to smile about.
thinking artist people
I think that what most artists are trying to do is trying to understand. I think what distinguishes creative people and/or artists from another type of person is perhaps a willingness to go headlong into that uncertainty.
hard inspires lead number pinpoint share wanting
When we make records, it's hard to pinpoint one thing that inspires a record. It's usually a number of different things that lead to inspiration or wanting to write something down and share it with someone.
solo until work
I've actually thought very little about solo work up until just very recently.
music playing travel
I'm sure we'll be Tweetin' up the Twitosphere as we travel around the world playing music.
camera front modern music people reactions standing watching
It's been really interesting watching people's reactions to the new music, to the old music and also watching how modern young people will be standing in front of something going on like live music, and there's a camera in front of their face.
italian looked moustache waxed wore
I always looked up to my grandfather. He wore Italian zip-up CAT boots, and he had a moustache which he waxed into a twirl - now that is worth looking up to.
came drawing expression found music problem pursuits visual
Drawing and visual pursuits were first. Music came and found me in a way. Really, what it's about is creative problem solving, and music is a lot more an expression of that than painting is for me.
almost art difference draws identical intangible music nobody pen pulling sort wants
To me, it's like the difference between a pen and a paintbrush. Music draws from almost the identical place as art does, which really is that intangible - it's like you're pulling from the ether. I don't know where it comes from. Nobody really does. It sort of arrives when it wants to.