"I fell off a cliff in mine."
--Mike, on his last dream (from "The World's Gone Goo Goo" by Micheal Slezak)
"YOU GUYS SUCK!!! YOU USED TO BE SO COOL! WHAT HAPPENED YOU SONS OF..."
--Mike heckling himself during the world premiere of DUTG
"That's a really important thing to do though, when you're making a record."
--Mike on the significance of "annoying the hell out of everyone" (world premiere of DUTG)
"You gotta make a cassette of it and put it in like a bad car stereo and make sure it still sounds okay."
--Mike's strategy for test-driving a new album (world premiere of DUTG)
"It was a nightmare!"
--Mike on John's writer's block (from Interfax Musique Plus, Sept. 1998)
"I think names of band sorta become okay once people know the band..I mean there's all sorts of silly names you don't think are that silly..I mean what do people think of the Beatles? That's a pretty silly name if you think about it..."
--Mike justifying the name Goo Goo Dolls (from Launch #25, Feb. 1999)
"No tattoos...I'm lame!"
--Mike, the un-illustrated man (from Launch #25, Feb. 1999)
"He's not a bad guy... for a drummer."
--John in SAIN magazine
"I’ve heard him called Jennifer."
--Robby discussing Mike's many names on Modern Rock Live, 8-8-99
"The man we quietly refer to as Brainiac."
--Max Tolcough, interviewer for MRL, 8-8-99
"I always thought that the T-shirt was easier to achieve than the hat, but I guess I have it backwards."
--Mike pondering the value of his prizes for MRL appearances, 8-8-99
"We have no homes."
--Mike on one of the downsides to a life of fame (MRL, 8-8-99)
"You were that girl at the show."
--Mike accurately describing a specific fan (MRL, 8-8-99)
"The rest of the world was busy adoring Celine Dion."
--Mike on why he was glad that MRL supported them the night of the Grammies (MRL, 8-8-99)
"How do you answer a question like that, and do it legally?"
--Mike, after being asked what his wildest fantasy about someone/thing was (MRL, 8-8-99)
"It’s one of the Finger Lakes, one of the lesser known."
--Mike on the name "Goo Goo Dolls" (MRL, 8-8-99)
"We wear them."
--Mike on what the guys do with clothing they receive (MRL, 8-8-99)
"Especially when there’s nobody in them."
--Mike rebutting John's dislike for playing small clubs (MRL, 8-8-99)
"I can’t sing very well. Any duet that I did wouldn’t be a duet, 'cause I’d be silent."
--Mike on MRL, 8-8-99
"You’re the brains of the outfit."
--Max from MRL on Mike's role in the band (8-8-99)
"Some crazy stalkers here and there."
--Mike on stuff you have to deal with when you're famous (MRL, 8-8-99)
"Give us our cookies and split."
--Mike on the singing cookie-gram that didn't sing (MRL, 8-8-99)
"I went to the zoo and saw a great IMAX film on wolves in Kansas City. It was cool."
--Mike on how he spends his off-time (MRL, 8-8-99)
"Yes, 'Gummo' was brilliant, well it wasn’t really brilliant, it was actually awfully strange."
--Mike's schizo thoughts on the film "Gummo" (MRL, 8-8-99)
"A lot of people don’t realize that Mike was the president of the body piercing club."
--Max from MRL describing Mike in high-school (8-8-99)
"You’re a magnet for flack. You’re a flack magnet."
--John on why Mike gets picked on (MRL, 8-8-99)
"I was only eleven. I wasn’t old enough to make up my mind."
--Mike on why he became a drummer (MRL, 8-8-99)
So that's my current collection of quotes from/about Mike. Like 'em? Hate 'em? Email Steph and let her know!
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