Cuomoisms

"I love getting older, though. I just feel like I have more control over the universe -- or my small corner of it, at least."

"I had rock-star dreams from 8 or 9 almost nonstop. I thought it was going to be like being a God on earth: having as many women as you want whenever you want them, having super powers, being incredibly wealthy, never doing laundry. Instead I found myself in the dead of winter in Boston with a long beard, no friends and a bum leg. It was pretty disillusioning..."

"For the most part, emo is worthless. Pinkerton is worthless. And all of it is gonna die. It's bad music." - Rivers from Pulse May 2002 Issue

"I look back on my life and I'm really proud. Having come from the backwoods of Connecticut, making my way out to L.A. and getting the band together and taking off. If you could just see where I actually came from, you wouldn't believe anyone could possibly become successful. It was just farmes, I mean, literally, my dad was a cow farmer. What the hell? How did I come from there?" - Rivers from Pulse May 2002 Issue

"I've sold two million records, I've toured around the world singing in front of thousands of people. And there's a girl sitting across from me in English 101, and I just look up at her every once in a while and put my head back down. I'm still a pathetic fool. No matter how many records I sell, I'm never going to be in Kiss." - Rivers from Alternative Press 1997

"It's a Jane's Addiction show! You'd expect somebody to be smoking pot or something, but everyone was drinking bottled water." - Rivers on the lack of drugs at the Coachella Festival

"I like to hear crazy rumors. Didn't I die in a car accident? My mom called me about that one; she was really concerned. And then there was the time I raped someone. My mom also called me about that: 'I'm so disappointed in you!' But she doesn't call me about them anymore. I banned her from the internet." - Rivers on rumors

"I was really sad and started to write songs. Most of them sucked, but it became a habit that stuck with me. Because I'm so terrible at expressing my feelings directly, and because no one really cares, and because anything real is impossible to talk about, I've come to rely on music more and more to express myself." - Rivers on his music

"It felt like a personal attack on me because it was such a personal record. I put it out and was basically saying, 'Ok, this is me; take it or leave it.' And everybody left it." - Rivers on Pinkerton

"Why does the event staff wear rubber gloves? What are they gonna do to you?" - Rivers before playing Diamond Rings

"I gravitated toward the, uh . . . elven, or half-elven, something with high dexterity . . . a fighter-thief, maybe?" - Rivers on which Dungeon and Dragons character he plays

"I got your email you got my mp3, we're directly connected" - Rivers while singing "Across the Sea" @ the Live Concert in Smirnoff Center in Dallas, Texas (August 3rd)