"Sometimes before we make a record I go back and listen to a few. It’s equally humbling and uplifting." ― Michael Stipe Topic(s): Music More From Michael Stipe "I’ve always felt that sexuality is a really slippery thing. In this day and age, it tends to get categorized and labeled, and I think labels are for food. Canned food." "So, we just kind of created our own thing and that’s part of the beauty of Athens: is that it’s so off the map and there’s no way you could ever be the East Village or an L.A. scene or a San Francisco scene, that it just became its own thing." "My feeling is that labels are for canned food… I am what I am – and I know what I am." More In Music "The Bee Gees were always heavily influenced by black music. As a songwriter, it’s never been difficult to pick up on the changing styles of music out there, and soul has always been my favourite genre."― Robin Gibb "I would never do anything that makes the perception of country music worse."― Joe Nichols "If you get involved in music expecting to make a living out of it, then you’ve picked the wrong thing to do. That shouldn’t really be in your mind."― Jarvis Cocker