“I like to get input from all different kinds of listeners, including t...” — Rivers Cuomo Quote

“I like to get input from all different kinds of listeners, including the really conservative ones, and sometimes those listeners steer me in a direction that I haven't seen. But at the end of the day, my vote is always to go in the direction that makes me the most excited.”

“The truth is, I hate to perform. I get such bad stage fright, it makes me physically ill.”

“Certainly, the Beach Boys and the early Beatles records were a huge influence on me lyrically.”

“My problem is that the audience is more fiction-literate than ever. In Shakespeare's day, you probably expected to see a play once or twice in your life; today you experience four or five different kinds of fiction every day. So staying ahead of the audience is impossible.”

“'Hasini Pesum Padam' was about reviewing Tamil movies that released every week. I felt it is more of an international platform and hence used trendy trousers and different kinds of tops.”