“People think I'm a freak or something, but I'm actually a really norma...” — Rivers Cuomo Quote

People think I'm a freak or something, but I'm actually a really normal guy.

I listen to music a lot on the treadmill - I would test 'Raditude' songs out on the treadmill.

I think if I wasn't a musician, I would be a high-school band director or orchestra director. I like working with large groups of musicians and bringing out the dynamics and accomplishing something as a team.

Miley Cyrus' 'Party in the USA' kills me with jealousy. The melodies are out-of-control beautiful.

I found that so many people in the music business started out as metalheads in the Eighties - whether they're songwriters, producers, engineers or executives, and no matter what they look like, with short hair, suits or whatever. I feel like my generation of metal kids really tends to populate the music world to a large extent.

I don't watch horror movies - they freak me out.

To play the ultimate Reading set, you need to freak yourself out for a few days beforehand.

I was in love with a girl in my class when I was in primary school, and she obviously thought I was a freak, so that wasn't working out. And the the guys in my class, every two weeks they'd say, 'Hey, we spoke to her, and she really likes you now. You should go and ask her again.' And then I'd go and ask her again.

I guess I'm not too crazy on the road. I'm really like a freak - I always have to be driving.

In school I was pretty quiet. Kinda shy until my junior year. But at home I was a freak.