Rivers Cuomo
Rivers Cuomo
Rivers Cuomois an American musician and singer-songwriter. He is best known as the lead vocalist, lead guitarist and songwriter of the alternative rock band Weezer, with whom he has recorded eleven studio albums...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth13 June 1970
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
moving littles steps
With each step I take, I see that my ability to perform gets a little better. So until it starts getting worse, I'm going to keep moving forward.
years lessons genius
It could appear that I'm some kind of natural genius, but it's just a million small lessons I've picked up over the years.
thinking people want
I do want to make music that people love, but I also want to make music that I love. I know I can't please everyone with anything I do, so I don't think too much about how other people are going to take things.
records labels band
It is cool to have a label head that is also a songwriter, in a band, and produces records.
people want enough
If enough people out there want a physical product, I'll be happy to make one. I'd say about 10,000 people is "enough."
agreement records want
The internet has not granted us more control in relation to the record company because we're still bound by an agreement with them not to release our music without their consent. But they generally let us do what we want, anyway, so it doesn't matter who's officially in control.
thinking differences keys
I think there is a very subtle shift from the metal I grew up on to Weezer. I think the big shift was from a minor key to a major key. That made a huge difference in how it was perceived.
listening albums youth
I enjoy listening to the albums of my youth as much as ever.
song writing imagination
Most of the songs I write just very directly from my life. I don't have a big imagination. Whenever I tried to write from fantasy, it comes out sounding really fake.
fighting new-music studios
I'm constantly fighting with my manager to reduce the amount of time I have to spend on promotional activities, so I can get back in the studio and work on new music.
Weezer isn't stuck in roles, so we just do what we want to do, what makes us excited.
changed easier faith flow meditating music purely scientific watched
With no faith, purely as a scientific experiment, I started meditating and watched if it changed my music. It did, but it didn't make it more mellow. It made it easier to get into the flow of creativity.
album commit finishing happen nice putting quote reasons together
When we were putting the album together and finishing up the artwork, I didn't know what was going to happen in the future, and I told everyone that. I told them, 'Let's commit to this year, and see what happens,' ... And that was one of the reasons why I put that quote in there, because I thought it's a really nice way to say goodbye, if it is a goodbye.
point
When I was 15 and dreaming about being a rock star... I thought the whole point of it was to get chicks.