Top 21 Quotes & Sayings by Perry Farrell

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American musician Perry Farrell.
Last updated on April 16, 2025.
Perry Farrell

Perry Farrell is an American singer, songwriter and musician, best known as the frontman of the alternative rock band Jane's Addiction. Farrell created the touring festival Lollapalooza as a farewell tour for Jane's Addiction in 1991; it has since evolved into an annual destination festival. Farrell continues to produce Lollapalooza with partners William Morris Agency and C3 Presents. Farrell has also led the alternative rock groups Porno for Pyros and Satellite Party.

I'm always working on concepts and ideas for the future.
Without game, men prey on each other.
I write contemporary rock with Jane's. And I also write house music with people like Kascade. — © Perry Farrell
I write contemporary rock with Jane's. And I also write house music with people like Kascade.
Jimi Hendrix's music was escapism.
I mean, gosh, my first tours I ever did were with the Ramones and Iggy Pop and Love & Rockets.
I'm looking to evolve the concept of the new renaissance artist, taking the world by storm through the art of public display and demonstration, with technical savvy, using cell phones and computers.
If I had my way, I would have sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll at least 4-6 hours a day. So long as there are going to be things in the way of that, we're going to have a revolution.
The live concert industry has become corporate-ized.
Sometimes to realize you were well, someone must come along and hurt you.
I love being able to escape my past, even though my past was great.
You have to take risks.
If you want a friend, feed any animal.
The formats have changed so much, and even if you look at alternative music today, most of it isn't really that alternative. It's just good, strong, modern music.
Some people should die that's just unconscious knowledge.
A lot of girls walk this earth telling people they've slept with me. And a lot of them did. But I don't remember 95 percent of them.
If you're not part of the freaks, you're part of the boredom.
You've got to look at yourself as what I call a lifer. You're going to be out there playing music your whole life, in a live situation. That's what sends me out into the world, and as I see this beautiful world, I want to do more and contribute more, and stay in a position to do more and contribute more.
I don't wait on the music industry to qualify me or give me my paycheck. I go about my business as an artist and I believe that my value is in my product and in my art form, and that's why I can't be stopped, because I began producing my record by myself, without a record company.
I want to be more like the ocean... no talk and all action. — © Perry Farrell
I want to be more like the ocean... no talk and all action.
Music is always my great escape... I get to be that wild child and do whatever the hell I want on stage.
If I had my way, I would have sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll at least 4-6 hours a day.
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