Michael Stipe

Michael Stipe

John Michael Stipe (born January 4, 1960) is an American singer, lyricist, film producer and visual artist.

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I've always felt that sexuality is a really slippery thing. In this day and age, it tends to get categorized and labeled, and I think labels are for food. Canned food.

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Michael Stipe

So, we just kind of created our own thing and that's part of the beauty of Athens: is that it's so off the map and there's no way you could ever be the East Village or an L.A. scene or a San Francisco scene, that it just became its own thing.

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Michael Stipe

We toured that record for a year, which turned out to be the culmination of ten years of being constantly on the road. We were sick to death of touring.

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Michael Stipe

My feeling is that labels are for canned food... I am what I am - and I know what I am.

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Michael Stipe

Sometimes before we make a record I go back and listen to a few. It's equally humbling and uplifting.

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Michael Stipe