Chris Joannou's Kwotes

"I think that everyone gets that for the entire period of time that they are in there. I don't think it matters who you are, you are going to get bagged by someone. It doesn't really bother me if people say that I'm a dickhead or something like that. I just say, 'Oh well, I'm a dickhead then.'"---Rave Magazine

"I would like to be a mechanic. I like working on cars. I don't want the band just to finish and no one know about it. It would be good to be remembered." -- How sweet!

"Well, you see... my vocal chords only allow me 2 hours of talking a day, so I have to limit it." -- If only I followed this rule, the world would be a much healthier place.

"Don't be a dumbass and step outside naked because your friends will lock you out. Trust me, I know from experience." -- HAHA

"Chris is the lovelist, sweetest, kindest, person I've ever met. From Chris."-- Hehehe . . . how cute

"There was this guy, right? Walks into the bar with his dog and says, "Look, I'll give anybody 50 bucks if they can make my dog do something." So this dude comes up and he goes, "50 bucks and I'll make my dog do something." So he goes, "Yeah, give me your dog." He takes the dog and throws it on the fire and says, "Get off."-- I kinda get the joke . . . just a little.

"I don't own a Nirvana album, or a Pearl Jam one."

"Little things, just to break the boredom. Shaving cream and everything, on the hotel door, then when they walk out, it's a bit of a mess."-- On pranks they pull when on tour.

"Well, some of them have come about when, one song [The Door] was a really slow sort of thing and we hated it, but we kept playing it and just sped it up and it sounded better and then it ended up on the record. Daniel had that song for a couple of months, it got the name 'The Poxy Song,' we sped it up and it sounded great." -- Good song.

"Don't be a faggot, Danny! Keep driving!"--From Bikini Magazine -- Aww! hehe...

"We have a good sponsorship deal with Huggies." -- I think it's great!

"My best dish is three minute noodles."

"Can't sing to save myself..." -- Haha, well, Dan's got that covered but his bassist skills kill!

"London was good, because there was a few Australians in the crowd. Frankfurt really sucked - it was fun, but it was, like, press everywhere and cameras in your face the whole way through, so it sucked the big one for a while. Apart from that, it was all good."---Where Chris likes to play

"Movies are only cool for when you are bored."

"Salem should be good, lots of witches."- When he was asked about the most freakiest city he's ever been in.

"It's funny to hear people say you're a rock star, because when I think of a rock star, I kind of think of this arrogant, stuck-up person that's too good for everyone and no good for anyone else."

"I've read the first few pages of Hammer of the Gods and that was enough."

"Ben's got this aim in life is to piss everybody off and get people cut. He's very good at it."

"No, ever since I've been about 12 or 13 I've just wanted to be a mechanic and work with engines, I can still see myself doing it in the future just not now. I do a lot of it when I'm at home."

"Ben’s easy, he’s very outgoing, willing to try anything, except for food. He’s very steak and three veg."

"“Chainsaw” they call Ben, ‘cause he snores. When Daniel was younger, he fell over and a watering can went in his mouth and he had to get stitches."

"It's shaping up not too bad"

"It's not a race" - to Ben

"Mum still tells me to do stuff" -- I love that word "mum!!" mum mum mum mum...

"He's got a couple of shirts" - referring to Daniel

"It's great to make fun of him" - referring to Sam Holloway

"It'll be something crazy, for sure"

"Everyone's looking for the quick solution"

"I think it would just drive us nuts"

"It's not about how many you can drink, Ben"

"He's a good little Aussie battler" - referring to Daniel -- HEHEHEHE

"Why the fuck would we try to be like Nirvana?"

"Why do we destroy all our gear when we could be giving it to them? The answer is we don't own it."

"Do everything you can to get noticed."

"It's all gooood."

"We're just interested in making good music."

"We were so amazed that we almost stopped playing."

"Do you want to know the story of our lives? It's hurry, hurry…wait…hurry, hurry…hang on…wait."

"He used to be the kid from the block, now he's just a kid that rocks" - talking about Joey McIntyre - San Francisco 1999

"Bloody drums" - Inside the Neon Ballroom 1998

"The bass player was a young dude as well when he started, so that means he's cool" - Rage 1999

"Cordrazine? Yeah, that'll do" - In The House 1999

"It's got two bass players so it's got to be a bloody good band" - In The House 1999

"Hi, we're silverchair, we're back" - In The House 1999

"Ben - he's my hero. he's my true hero. I just wish I could be like Ben sometimes."

"Ben's a chick puller for sure!"

"Ben-Leader of all wildness."

"Look out Gillies, you're gonna run into a bin!"

"You don't want to hear Ben sing!"

"Could someone please get Ben a date? -- he's gettin' frisky."

"I want to give Ben a mohawk. I reckon he'd have the best mohawk if we cut that." -- Just a side note; Ben did get a mohawk for a while!

"Ben, every morning, normally if there's eggs on the breakfast buffet, he'll have, like, a boiled egg with like a runny yolk, and he dips his toast with it."

"When it comes on Ben's gonna start bogeying" - In The House 1999

"Sausages on BBQ kick ass!"

"Its the two timing rock melon"

"Don't do that, you'll bruise them, you dickhead." -- to Daniel

"Soft apples suck."

"Nice gift's just fine." (When asked to chose between a cat of nine tails or a nice thoughtful gift for Valentine's Day)

"Do a fishy, do a fishy!"

"I once had a cat that I loved very much. One day I accidentally let her fall into the swimming pool, the other day she ran away."

"Hate's a negative energy. There's better ways to spend your time."

"Bedhead was a horrible thing!!!"

"I'm not gonna die..." (responding to "What happens when you die?")

"Elvis Presley is alive. I saw him the other day. Yeah, he does. He lives next door."

"No glossy photos!"

"We came, we saw, we got the flu" - Board This 1999

"I was trying to be serious" - In The House 1999

"I'm not the brains of all the classes, but I'm not really the scum either."

"Ummmm...recess and lunch probably. No, no the real best ones....sort of, school's just sort of to fill in time, I think." (Chris on what his best subject in school is)

"We're done with school, so this is all we have to do now."

"My outlook on life is a lot broader. You come back to Australia and realise how lucky you are to live here and not somewhere like South America. When you get home you're kinda kissing the ground."