Michael Stipe
Birthday: 4 January 1960, Decatur, Georgia, USA
Birth Name: John Michael Stipe
Height: 175 cm
John Michael Stipe was born in Decatur, Georgia, on January 4th, 1960. Since his father was in the military, they moved around a lot. In 1980, while he was attending the University of Georgia (studyin ...Show More
We love Peter Gabriel - great minds think alike.
We love Peter Gabriel - great minds think alike.
I guess I've figured out that I can't just blabber anything I want to anymore.
I guess I've figured out that I can't just blabber anything I want to anymore.
[on once having referred to The Beatles as "elevator music"] I still get death threats about it from Show more
[on once having referred to The Beatles as "elevator music"] I still get death threats about it from Beatles fans. The point that I was trying to make was that I was three years too young for them. I grew up in an era where The Banana Splits, The Archies and The Monkees were the music that I listened to. The Beatles were the music that was playing in the background. Hide
Radiohead are so good they scare me.
Radiohead are so good they scare me.
I've been to places where people my age had never voted in a democratic election. To go to the votin Show more
I've been to places where people my age had never voted in a democratic election. To go to the voting poll with someone in the former Czechoslovakia, a grown man, and watch him cast his vote for the first time brings tears to your eyes. The right to vote is a privilege I want to remind people of. Hide
[on punk rock] I found something that was secret; it was dangerous and it was exciting.
[on punk rock] I found something that was secret; it was dangerous and it was exciting.
I wouldn't survive ten minutes on American Idol (American Idol: The Search for a Superstar (2002)).
I wouldn't survive ten minutes on American Idol (American Idol: The Search for a Superstar (2002)).
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