91+ Tom DeLonge Quotes On Success, Joe Rogan And Guitar
Tom DeLonge is an American musician, singer, songwriter, author, film producer, and entrepreneur. He is best known as the co-founder, lead vocalist, rhythm and lead guitarist of the rock band Blink-182. He has also co-founded the rock band Angels & Airwaves, of which he is the only constant member. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Tom DeLonge on life, love, success.
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Top 10 Tom DeLonge Quotes
- Music is good when it makes you dance. Music is great when it makes you who you are
- I've masturbated like 5 times in the last 24 hours... it hurts... it's going to fall off.
- I think dreams hold a lot of meaning. I believe that if the universe is truthfully infinite then there are infinite possibilities for dreams to be happening somewhere out there.
- I applaud anyone who thinks I'm good-looking and invite them into my world.
- I don't get boy bands these days. Thye don't write their own songs and everything is choreographed from their dance moves to how they have sex with each other after the show.
- There are possibilities that dreams are our little windows upon a parallel timeline.
- I might be a dork, but I don't want to be a jerk.
- Dreams are things that could potentially be treating you as a pupil to teach you things so when you wake up, you'll be able to handle certain elements from those dreams in a better way.
- Im not gay, but the man in my bed last night was.
- They say Einstein died while he was still trying to figure out gravity. I think I'm going to die still trying to figure out some of the things about Blink.
Tom DeLonge Short Quotes
- I always want to do different things. I'm always obsessed with trying to do different things.
- In ten years I will become president of the United States Of America.
- I'll eat a nugget of my own poop for 20 bucks. I'll pay you 20 bucks and I'll eat it.
- I think I might get laid more...by my dad.
- My dad has had a rare form of leukemia since I was in about 7th grade.
- Every day, I read books on philosophy and science fiction and human consciousness.
- I'm sick of being known as the sexy guy that writes great songs.
- I would lose straight away if I went on 'American Idol.
- Records aren't selling anymore; people are burning music.
- I've never been a jam-band sort of musician.
Tom DeLonge Quotes About Life
I think that one of the reasons that we chose the word love as the subject is because your human connection and how you affect everybody around you, you'll only understand the gravity of that as you pass later on in life. I think as artists it's our ability to communicate that in certain ways. — Tom DeLonge
My whole life has been completely about being underestimated. I remember when Blink signed to a major label, and we had a debut party for the signing. No one came to party, only the guy that signed us. And I remember sitting there, like, "S**t, no one likes this." — Tom DeLonge
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. — Tom DeLonge
I know how big Blink are and I know the legacy with it and everything, but Angels & Airwaves, to my heart and to the people who like it, this is the release of my life. — Tom DeLonge
The compass represents spirituality, no end and no beginning....the ruler represents 'tangible evidence' ... a measurable event... both coming together shall represent a Human Being...the intersection of life and consciousness. — Tom DeLonge
Life is a search for yourself. — Tom DeLonge
When you see opportunities in your life, you've got to analyze, 'Why was that choice given to me? — Tom DeLonge
I think that the needs in human life will change and grow and evolve. I do think that that the importance will always be grander than you would ever believe them to be. — Tom DeLonge
Tom DeLonge Quotes About Love
You should follow your passions, you know? And you should make sure you do something you love. That's all I've learned, is that if you're doing something you love you'll work harder at it and make it happen, I can promise you that. — Tom DeLonge
I think that people feel they know what love means, it's probably one of the most used words in the world but has the most completely different definitions from one person to another. — Tom DeLonge
Playing music in the wake of the Blink thing was like finding love in the middle of a war zone. — Tom DeLonge
If I had my own world I'd build you an empire from here to the far lands to spread love like violence! — Tom DeLonge
I would love to come to Auckland. That's a place I've been quite a lot with my band so I'm very much looking forward to it. — Tom DeLonge
You’ve got to not only love yourself for who you are with all your mistakes, but you’ve got to love the world for what it can bring you if you have the right attitude — Tom DeLonge
I love to deliver orgasms to the masses! — Tom DeLonge
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. — Tom DeLonge
Tom DeLonge Quotes About Success
I used to drink a lot of beer, but I was just getting fat as can be. Now that we've had a little success, I can afford to drink wine. — Tom DeLonge
It's all success if it's what you need. — Tom DeLonge
You don't even wish for the success that I had, because you don't think it's attainable. — Tom DeLonge
Tom DeLonge Quotes About Punk
We don't want to act like adults. Anybody who can stay in a state of adolescence will be much better off later on. Look at people who are working nine-to-five jobs out of college, and look at professional skateboarders or guys in punk bands. See who's having more fun. — Tom DeLonge
All the selling out talk is really overrated, the funny thing is it hardly ever comes from bands, it comes from some kid who thinks they're so punk because they have a purple mohawk — Tom DeLonge
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. — Tom DeLonge
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. — Tom DeLonge
Tom DeLonge Famous Quotes And Sayings
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. — Tom DeLonge
We just write down a bunch of words, and pray to god they make sense. And if we don't, it doesn't matter, we're artists. — Tom DeLonge
It's actually cool to be positive and optimistic and idealistic. It's cool to see yourself doing beautiful, great things. — Tom DeLonge
Spending so much time on the road, I get to fart all the time. Then when it's, like, Thanksgiving dinner and I'm sitting with my grandmother, I can't fart for, like, two hours. — Tom DeLonge
I believe that working independently will give artists the ability to communicate the full extent of their art and not just a piece of it that might sell. — Tom DeLonge
I'm hoping that people should hopefully give me another chance to dream big and to deliver on those dreams. — Tom DeLonge
But those guys (on 'Idol') will never be known for defining a generation of young suburbanites like (blink) did. — Tom DeLonge
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. — Tom DeLonge
I think there are a lot of different things that dreams do for the individual and they're fascinating because it's not totally known what they do, but we have some science that is opening the door to a new world as we speak. — Tom DeLonge
The first song I sent over was Up All Night. People say that sounds like Angels on a Blink record. Well, no - that's just me! — Tom DeLonge
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. — Tom DeLonge
If artists slowly learn how their business works, they'll have the ability to grow at any rate they can dream up, but they'll also have the ability to control the message whatever that might be. — Tom DeLonge
I will eat anything Mexican - a sombrero, hacienda... anything. Theyve perfected the combo of bread items and the grill. — Tom DeLonge
I just wanna see a UFO, really — Tom DeLonge
I think that you can say you love somebody like in a relationship, but I also think that to feel love for somebody else or for another human is more about a living being to a living being, a totally different thing. I don't know if people will ever totally understand what that word means until we die. — Tom DeLonge
The only reason in the world that I bought a computer was to look up UFO sites. — Tom DeLonge
I think my records will always tend to be approachable. — Tom DeLonge
In leaving negativity behind, you find something beautiful. — Tom DeLonge
The labels can't do anything for a band anymore - they're stuck and they have no money and they're just holding onto contracts that have existed from a time where there were resources. — Tom DeLonge
There are far too many people out there who take themselves too seriously. — Tom DeLonge
All I can say is hold on, and prepare. — Tom DeLonge
There are lots of things that I'm always pulling inspiration from. — Tom DeLonge
People are different when they're 30 than they are when they're 16. — Tom DeLonge
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. — Tom DeLonge
Do what you like and do it honestly. — Tom DeLonge
Everyone I talk to says stuff like, 'Music sucks today,' and I'm going to try and change all that. — Tom DeLonge
I grew up skateboarding, but I don't even do that anymore. — Tom DeLonge
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. — Tom DeLonge
Maybe I do wanna become a woman, so what is the crime in that? — Tom DeLonge
My company created a platform called Modlife, this prepackaged website that runs an artist's website. — Tom DeLonge
I was kicked out of middle school a few times. This guy who was kind of a d*** and a bully got hit by a car. I jumped up and went, YEAH Apparently that wasnt cool with some people cause I got kicked out. — Tom DeLonge
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. — Tom DeLonge
I have to be able to stick to very dedicated times to work on things, do exactly as I say I'm going to do, show up when I say I'm going to show up and focus that's the only way I've been able to pull off everything last year but I'm hoping I'll never have to do that again, it's a hell of a lot of work that's for sure. — Tom DeLonge
Most bands, if something goes wrong, they cower and walk off stage and fire people. — Tom DeLonge
I used to get so jealous if my wife liked another band more than my own. Come to think of it, I still do. — Tom DeLonge
If you try to fix violence with violence, you do NOTHING but create violence. — Tom DeLonge
I have to make music. If I don't do it, I go crazy. — Tom DeLonge
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. — Tom DeLonge
You can do anything you want. And you can be anything you want. And you can feel anything you want. But there's only one thing you need to do, and that is: have the slightest vision to see it. Because if you can't see it happening, then it will never happen — Tom DeLonge
Like millions of others, I have been plagued by the devastating effects of cancer hitting not one, but multiple members of my family. — Tom DeLonge
I'm not gay, a lotta people think I'm gay. I have a girlfriend. She thinks I'm gay. — Tom DeLonge
You'll always see me doing things that I have no business doing. Whether it's directing a major motion picture or meeting with the most important people in government and dealing with the biggest subjects on Earth. The story of the millennia. These are things I aspire to tackle. It doesn't mean I'm going to win on all of them, but God damn, it looks like I've got a pretty good shot at it. — Tom DeLonge
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. — Tom DeLonge
I've been abducted and probed in the anus. On purpose. — Tom DeLonge
When we realize how little we mean to the universe, we realize how important we are to each other — Tom DeLonge
So many artists today will talk about green this or organic that, but you know what? What we are eating, I think, is really doing a lot of bad to us. I'm not sure if I'm the guy to do it right now, because I have to clean up my house too, so to speak, but we've got to start addressing this. Too many people are getting sick today. — Tom DeLonge
When there are no lyrics there are many parts of the imagination that can fill in the meanings of the music, so I strongly believe that it can be more powerful at times. — Tom DeLonge
Angels and Airwaves shows are like an ascension to Heaven. — Tom DeLonge
Life Lessons by Tom DeLonge
- Tom DeLonge's work demonstrates the importance of never giving up on your dreams, no matter how challenging the journey may be.
- He also shows that having a positive attitude and staying focused on your goals can help you to achieve success, even if you face obstacles along the way.
- Finally, his music serves as a reminder that creativity and passion can be powerful tools to help you reach your goals.
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