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silverchair says...

We all know that silverchair is outspoken...well, Ben and Daniel are. Anyway, they have said some pretty funny stuff throughout the times and here is my ever aussome list of my personal fave quotes.... enjoy! And all the loverly new quotes are in this color.

Sarah's Quote of Forever

I think this is the most touching quote.. =)

"I find it hard to make friends with people, because I don't trust many people. I used to, but I don't anymore. It's not like I hate everyone. It's just hard to find people I trust. That's why I love Ben." *Daniel*

Now, everyone, all together: AWWWWWWWWW!

Daniel has some things on his mind


Have you heard?

"I've heard rumours that I'm dead, on drugs, have AIDS. I've heard rumours that I'm gay. I'm listening to it going, 'Fuckin' hell, you can tell you're bored."

How the band affects him

"We go home and, all of a sudden we’ve got 4 different colors of hair, and the beach has gone purple."

So, how was meeting Chris Cornell from Soundgarden?

"I was just going, 'Hi.' Then I went, 'Oh fuck, I don't know what to say.' I wasn't going to go, 'You're real cool, man,' so I said, 'Can you sign this?'"

Daniel's True Dreams

"I never really wanted to be a singer. I just wanted to play guitar."

Why Johnsy needs the band

"We started the band 'cause we were bored."
"I just like to make noise"
"All we did in music class was tap wood sticks together."

His thoughts on the band...

"We didn't want to get established as a teenybopper, All-4-One band."
" I think we just broke up."
"We're going to be the rave revival band. We're going to bring back the rave."
"We're not successful."
"We're not going to play anymore....we're all just going to have sex."
"None of us are really dumb and none of us are really smart. We're in the middle."
"People basicially leave us alone, but some call us long-hair louts."
"The rock star thing is a pain in the ass, but the actual playing is fun, it's good."
"I don't think we're going to kill ourselves, I think we're just going to stop."
"We don't have any fans."

..and the albums

"When it [Frogstomp] went to number one, we were kind of spewing!"
(During recording)"I think I just caught a bug, and I totally lost my voice, and I was going like, 'Aaaargh.'"
"We like angry, intense, music, but we try not to act like Mr. Depression all the time."
"The music on this album [Freak Show] is good."
"It's harder doing solos in a three piece, because the sound loses a lot of balls."

Mr. Cheapskate

"My dad also likes Helmet, Tool and the Rollins Band. It's great because I can go buy him a CD for his birthday, and I can listen to it, too!"
"I usually try to get all my albums free off our record company."

Why Daniel doesn't drink

"Yeah, champagne goes down very easy. You don't even realise it, and then all of a sudden- bleurgh! I couldn't even remember doing it! I just woke up and tasted spew and Gilly (Ben) said "Yeah, you were spewing for about an hour!""

One for all and all for one..right?

"As soon as we get big heads, we're stoppin'. As soon as one of us gets a big head, we're going to tell them and we're not going to make any room for their feelings."

He loves his parents

"I don't commit any major crimes.I am a good boy."
"We dance with our dads in nightclubs."
"I didn't get any fucking money. I never have, and I never will because me mum hates me."
"I'll probably wait [to move out of his parent's house] until I'm 19. I want to enjoy one more year of getting my washing done for me."

Show that emotion!

"We try to be as nice as possible when we're not playing music."
(Question)Last time you cried? "When I was about 14 years old. I dropped a bandsaw on my foot. It went straight through."

Oh, the places you'll go and tour at...

"We've been to Europe but we think it's kinda boring. There's no beach anywhere."
"I really want to see snow!"
(on moshing at concerts) "I think it's the best! I think a concert is totally "shivers" without it."
(on before concert rituals) "We kinda make a little fire in the middle of the room, we burn stuff in a bin and we dance around naked."
"We would have gotten better pictures, but mom's camera got stolen!" (responding sarcasticially to the Santa Monica/bottle deal)
"Whatever!! That's what you say when you are in L.A.-- WHATEVERRR!"
"This old guy complained because we were too loud. He came over and said, 'If you don't stop playing, I'm calling the cops' so we had to stop playing."

Concert Speak

"Shut the fuck up! Could all the fucking teenies step to the back and let the real fans come up front?"
"This song is dedicated to and inspired by Black Sabbath, who taught us various differnt masturbation techniques." *Abuse Me*
"The next song is our grunge song. It's very grungy. We're not going to be grungy but we'll rock for ya. This is a rock song. It pretty much sucks like the others, but you know, ya go for it." *The Door*
"Put your hand up if you're a jock. Yeah, jocks, we salute you. All right, put your hand up if you're a grunge cadet. All right, grunge cadets win so far. Put your hand up if you're a fuckwit. Ah, we have many a fuckwit in the house. I didn't say it, you did! Um, put your hand up if you're homosexual. Yeah! Gay pride! I'm not-- I'm bi cause that's the cool thing to be.. cause bisexuality is cool. And if you'll try anything, you're trisexual."
"Rock on! Fucking jump and just do everything except break people."
"Do whatever you want. Jump off of cars if you want."
"You realized you were allregic to sand and you got it all in your hair and you started going bald and, um, developed funny penis-shaped objects on your chest. I just thought that'd be funny."
"If I were a fisherman, I would catch fish. If I were an octagon I'd have many sides. And if I were a prostute, I would fuck and fuck and fuck and fuck!"
"I need to ask you something, brothers. Brothers and sisters, we are gathered here today to rock and roll one more time in the motherfucking hood y'all. Are you motherfuckers ready to rock? Can I get a hallelujah?"

The whole Seattle/grunge/Nirvana/Pearl Jam connection

"We did think of that [dying his hair], but when we investigated it, we found out Kurt Cobain dyed his hair, so we said no, not a good idea. I hate being compared to Kurt Cobain, that's the worst thing about being in the whole band."
"Nirvana aren't our heroes. Pearl Jam are unreal."
"Seattle was hell fun."

Daniel and growing up

"But now we're 17. You're still, like, a kid, but you're not a little dickhead."

Brains or music?

"I'm not going to focus on being a rocket scientist because I know I just want to do music."

Conversations with teenies

"You want me to spit on you? You're fucking stupid!! I've got herpes and all other different diseases."
"If you're going to rape me, at least go for the penis."

Watch your mouth!

"Fuc...stuff you, stuff you!" (trying not to say fuck on the radio)

Johnsy, Mr. Tough-Guy

"I'd just like to dare the 16 year-olds from Iowa to try and beat me up."

Daniel, your thoughts on Ben?

"Ohhhhhh. You are a moron."
"Ben's obsessed with breasts. When he can't get a girl he plays with his own, or mine if he's really bored."
"Ben likes boys."
"Ben wants to know who's wild!"
"The next person to say something cool gets to have sex with Ben!"
"Ben stole my underwear again!"
"He's a stud."
"Ben plays with his balls."
"Ben's got a fixation with females. Me and Chris are trying to hold him back but he's an ANIMAL!!!"
(Question)Last person on earth you'd want to sleep with?
"Ben Gillies- ha ha ha. Actually, I have slept in the same bed as him, but I haven't had any sexual intercourse with him. I'm not very interested. He's not my type. Just sleeping in the same bed as him is bad enough. He snores very loud. He's an animal."
"Ben's always got his trousers round his ankles. There's something pornographic about him."
"We're getting a divorce."

His loverly eyebrow rings

"Yeah, it's an engagement ring! Tim proposed to me!"
"I cried, I fell down, I was on the ground then the people who pierced me started kicking me."

Daniel and women... (or not..)

"It depends where I meet them, and it also depends on whether they're drunk or not. If I met them just outside a house or something, and they're straight, I'd put Jeff Buckley on- his album "Grace". And if I met them when they were really pissed, at some rock'n'roll concert, I'd put on Minor Threat. And then she'd be just so hypo, she'd do anything! It's the album for all occasions."
"Dear Ben, I have never been on a date in my life."
(Question)Who would you rather do it with, Kylie Minogue or Courtney Love?
"Oh, god! Neither."
(About women) "We don't go around calling women dogs. We just go, "Ahhh, they're alright."
"I don't get any girls."
"I haven't had a girlfriend since I was 14. I don't want a girlfriend. We don't have any time, and it's hard now to meet people and wonder if they like me or they like my money. It's too much of a hassle, so I just got a fucking dog."
"I'm not afraid to show my feminine side. I'm proud of it. In fact, me and Ben have an announcement to make..."
"I like the way you talk to me...ooooooooh, I like the way you caress my belly."
"Hi, I love Sweep."

Daniel and body parts

"Keep pulling your dick cause you obviously enjoy it."

Daniel talks about Chris

"Chris is one bad motherfucker when he's mad."

Dan can cook!

"I make a mean veggie soup."
"Can you not talk as loud, please? I can't hear the crunch of my food"

Daniel and his [non existant] social life.

"Parties suck."
"Leave me alone... I'm tired!"
"I like to piss on ducks when I'm bored."
"I've never had a social life, don't ever want one because it's boring."

Daniel, what's up with your hair?

"I just can't be bothered washing it, because your hair will smell like flowers and that stinks."

The boy luvs his car....

"Yeah, it's a rockin' car."
"Oh, yeah. I love my car. It goes really fast."

.... and his dog

"I have some great pornographic pictures of my dog. Actually, I better clear that up. She's laying on her stomach with her legs wide open and you can see everything. She's just looking at the camera. It's heaps funny."
"You can always trust your dog. It's the best. You know why they love you and why they respond to you. Maybe because you feed them or something."
"Who needs girls when you have a dog?"
"My dog is a lovely creature...Chris is lovely as well...but i reckon my dog is cuter"

Mr. Slick

"I always drop something or break something."

Deep thoughts from the man

"Mainly I get my ideas from the TV."
"Money doesn't corrupt people unless you let it."
"I hope I don't go to jail, I hope I don't get raped!"
"There are a lot of wankers, and a lot of people who think they are really hardcore and cool, but they're not."
"When in doubt, lie."
"I'm not sure, so don't quote me on that."
"If I get a lucky charm and take it everywhere then I'll lose it because I always lose stuff."
"Obscenity is absurd. Obscenity is absurd--remember that. Cause in some places you can get arrested for swearing. Dependent on how much you need to have freedom of speech."
"Rock is the answer. Violence solves nothing."
"We can't give autographs. We just write our names."
"I would have grounded you for ages for listening to techno!"
What's your favorite video game?
"Anything with killing."
"Your only young once, but you can be immature forever."
"I saw on sex life that it was good to have sex when you are all hot and sweaty"
"Hey, we have a cool trick to do. If you're in a shop and the girl that is serving you is being, well, a real... bitch, here's a thing to say to her. After you have received your goods, only AFTER you have received your goods, you say to her 'thankslut' instead of 'thanks a lot.' Ya get it? 'Thankslut?'"

The end of it all

"I'll die when I'm about 72. 72 and eight months, I reckon. That's a good age. Unless I'm assassinated, or I fall over in front of a truck or something. That could happen any time. But not the assassinated bit - I hope that would be a while."

Daniel's Goal in life

"To just play loud, heavy music until we're sick of it."

Ben has spoken


Teenies and hype

"Teenybopers are mental. Hype sucks. I hate hype, it sucks. It's like all teenyboppers... (does a girly scream). It's not for us."
"We're not into the fame shit. Hype sucks a big one!"
"I had one experience where this girl was totally naked, and she was trying to jump on me, and that was pretty weird."

Ben, Mr. Social

"We try not to speak to anyone and we try not to read things."

Ben explains silverchair

"Don't call it success. Call it having a record out."
"I wouldn't call it success, though. I think we just have a CD out and we've been really lucky."
"We've all got the same musical tastes and it all really fits together, kind of like a jigsaw puzzle."
"We don't have any fans."
"They [Girl fans] all have boyfriends, and their boyfriends give them flowers and they decide to bring them to the show. They all come to see the support band, and then they decide to hang around to see us, to see how shit we are."
"Me and Chris try to play as tight as possible just to make it sound really ballsy."
"If any of us gets big-headed, the other two will pile on him."

Ben, lying off his ass

"I'm probably the most sensible one in the band".

Ben, brave soul

"A lot of people have said that I'll probably kill myself."
"C'mon, you fairie, I wanna go bungie jumping!"
"You get these really weird mosh pits here in the states, it's like everyone runs around in this big circle. And there's like, a leader, like the biggest, heaviest guy in the circle, no one messes with him. So that sounds pretty good. Actually, I've never in one of those circles and I don't think I will. I want to live."
(on riding the Viper) "I held on. No way did I put my hands in the air!"

Stay in school

"We don't give a shit about Shakespeare!"
"We're gonna stick it out until we're 18, just in case the arse-end falls out of the band."
"I love school, we all love school. Being in a band, travelling around the world, and meeting people sucks."

The perks of touring

"We like plane food."
"Oh, look! Look! The local erotic shop!"

How silverchair affects him

"Our friends couldn't give a rat's arse if we're in a band."
"We're still just three guys who get off on rockin' out, and it's cool that we can get other people to rock out with us now."
"Music has pretty much taken over my life. I told my dad I wanted to play in a band and makes lots of money. He told me I should get out of my fantasy world because it was a million-to-one chance. Now when I'm playing guitar or drums and he tells me to go do my studies, I tell him I can't--because I'm working. He just looks at me, shakes his head, laughs, and says, 'You lucky bastard.'"
"We still have to wake up and go to school. We still have to do homework."

Ben on his life

"Sorry, I’ve got a speech impediment."
"Hi, I'm Ben Gillies and I enjoy water sports."
"I live in an eskimo."

Ben on silverchair's music

"It's [Freak Show] got songs with a lot of dynamics in it-- up, down, up down, in the middle, whatever."

What do you think, Ben?

"You are dumb. You are dumb. I think you're dumb. I just think you're dumb. I'm just putting my opinion forth, I think you're dumb, dumb, dumb."
"Life's a bitch, and so am I, so get used to it."
"I don't really know much about ladies underwear."
"First I would ask her what type of shampoo she uses." (what he would ask that skanky woman Alanis Whorisette, I mean Morissette. Really...)
"Hopefully I have my own style, too."
"Daydream? Ah, mostly about *laughs* chicks, waves, and songs in my head."
"Darker music turns you into a hardcore mother fucker!"

Ben talks about Daniel

"Daniel is actually an idiot."
"Daniel is definitely NOT gay."
"He's going to play Cemetery all by his little lonesome self. Hit it, Daniel, show us what you're made of, dude."
"Sometimes Daniel always says how muscle-y he it, being sarcastic 'cause he's like a puny bastard-- mega skinny. He picks fights with me and Chris, but we always show him who's boss."
"Ahh, I'm sorry Mr. Intellectual"
"Mr. Stay-At-Home-And-Don't-Have-A-Girlfriend."
"Shut up you geek."
"Bullshit, you lying bastard!"
(His reaction to when Daniel got hit with a bottle on the Santa Monica Pier)
"I thought it was a part of rock and roll, like 'Cool! Blood!'. When we got back to the hotel, we took pictures of Daniel with all this blood gushing out of his skull."
"I gave Daniel a black eye!"
"Daniel's gotta drain his schlong."

The 'rents are proud

"Thanks Mom for my dry bum."

Ben the sweeitie

"I'm in touch with my feminine side."

Ben's love life ;)

"Does anyone want a date?"
(someone commented)Hey, the lead singer's cute.
"What about the drummer?"
"I llike girls. They make me feel funny. That's why I like Daniel, cause he's a femme, and he makes me feel funny."
"Can somebody please call my sex toy over here?"
"I've been looking for the right person, but they, you know, just haven't come along yet."
"Anybody wanna have sex?"
"I like it kinky."
"I'm on a mission to find the right gal."
"I promise that if Mariah [Carey] comes, I won't stare at her tits."
"She [a flight attendant] tried to rape me."
"I'm married."
"A guy asked me if I ever got a boner in a classroom."
"No one likes me."

Talking about his body

"My penis is pierced."
"I'd do a show naked."
"We'll probably tattoo our bum cheeks."
"Inny bellybuttons rule!!!" {yes, they do! I'm an innie!!}
"We suck 'cause I smell sooo bad."
"We're still shitting in our pants."

Thinking of the past

If you could go back and change one thing what would it be? "I would've put a song on the Romeo + Juliet soundtrack."

Ben at home in Australia

"The surf was kind of shitty, but we were always about the beach, looking for party and girls and stuff."
"You got koalas crawling all over you!"
"Hot, sun, surf. That's how I describe Australia."

Hey! Look! It's Chris!!!


The success of the band

"I think we just got lucky in the end."

Chris speaks about the band

"We used to always have spurts of stupidness."
"Our whole life is a Freak Show."
"We won't be selling out."
(in response to touring)"It sucked the big one for a while."

Chris, 100% Australian

"Let's get this straight. There are no kangaroos on the main street."

Chris and his pleasures

"I have a pet rock."
"Sausages on the BBQ kick ass!!!"
"Magic Mountain kicks arse."

What to do if silverchair breaks up?

"We have a good sponsorship with Huggies."

Chris discusses the making of Freak Show

"We weren't mucking around as much on this record."
"We weren't little idiots running around. We sort of knew what we were doing."

The brains of the band

"I'm not really the brains of all the class, but I'm not the scum, either."
(question: What's your best subject at school?)
"Recess and lunch."

Chris' deep thoughts

"I'm not gonna die."

Chris should have an advice column

"Never fall asleep on the balcony of your hotel naked."
"Never be a dumbass and walk outside naked 'cause you friends will lock the door. Trust me, I know from experience."

Chris' thoughts on Ben

"Why, why do you want Ben? I guess he has nice silky hair."
"Could someone please get Ben a date?--he's gettin' frisky."
"Isn't Ben gourgeous when he sings?"
"Ben's got a major leak in his ass"

Chris on Daniel

"He doesn't need psychiatric help, if that's what you wanted to know."
"Don't be a faggot, Danny! Keep driving! Do a fishy! Do a fishy!"
" When Daniel gets on stage, and he just sees, like um.... an ugly female, he has this reaction to just... scream. And, like, I reckon it's heaps funny, cause the crowd thinks it's cute, but they don't know what he's screaming at."

Chris, discuss Nirvana

"The only reason we were compared to Nirvana was Daniel's hair."
"I don't own a Nirvana album, or a Pearl Jam one."
"Who's Nirvana?"

Oh, really Chris? The body...

"We didn't have bundles and bundles coming out of our butts."
(The deal with the cold sore cream) "We have a huge problem with it--it just tastes sooo good."
"Big tits."

A boy with high self esteem

"Chris is the loveliest, sweetest, kindest person I'ver ever met. From Chris."

This would explain hells lot.

"Well, my vocal chords only limit me 2 hours of talking a day, so I have to limit it."

Interesting Chair Interviews

Are you guys planning on making movie appearances like so many musicians have?

Ben:Only if it's in a very, very violent movie and I'm the guy who kills everyone.
Chris:If we did, we would be the worst actors ever...
Ben: We're shit actors, don't worry about it.

Ben: This is the Gillies cybersystem network.
Daniel: The Gillies cybersystem network sucks!

Daniel:Welcome to Alternative Nation. On the way we've got..I already read this."
Chris: You're doing it again?
Ben: Ohhh, you're so dumb.
Daniel: Cut.
Ben: Cut, take two.

In two years time, where do you reckon silverchair will be?
Chris: Counrty rock, I reckon.
Daniel: Country and Western
Ben: Maybe more toward the hip-hop kind of rave kind of music.
Daniel: Rave, yeah, Rave! *then he makes rave noise =)*

The silverchair Radio Condom Commercial:

*intro to tomorrow*
Ben: This is Ben from silverchair. Use a latex condom. Don't be stupid.
Chris: Hi, this is Chris from silverchair and I want to talk about sex and condoms. If you're talking about sex, then you better be talking about using latex condoms.
Daniel:[in the background] Help reduce the risk.
Chris: Help reduce the risk. Get some latex condoms and use them now. That's cool.
Daniel: Very cool.
Announcer: Brought to you by Westwood One Entertainment and Trojan, America's #1 condom, trusted for over 70 years.

Daniel: Jock? What's that mean?
Ben: That means that you're a sporto-like, tough guy-like, you wear those big things that make your balls and your dick look really big.
Daniel: I don't have to wear one of them!

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