"I tend to write too much, so I need someone to tell me, 'You don't need 12 verses in this song,' or 'This song's too slow,' or 'Sing in a higher register.' ~ Jakob
"Just because I'm not smiling doesn't mean you guys don't have to!" ~ Jakob to the audience during a concert in Ohio
"They may be called the Wallflowers but this is one band that hasn't been shrinking to the corners of the charts." ~ VH1's 60 second Album Review
"I think that everyone grew up with their own influences and that's sort of the magic of the Wallflowers. We get together and throw it all in the pot and let it simmer." ~ Michael
"After starting out in this business, there are two ways you can go: You can say, "It's my way or the highway," and you realize pretty quick it's the highway." ~ Jakob
"I thought he would know better." ~ T-Bone Burnett on what he thought when he heard Jakob had gone into music
"I felt we were having a little too much fun and thought it wouldn't amount to anything." ~ Rami
"There are kids of famous people in this town who are famous for just being kids. They're not actors, they're not writers, they're not musicians. They're just people who are famous." ~ Jakob
"That was a great record and Jakob was a brillant musician and songwriter." ~ Mark Williams on The Wallflowers
"It(music) was something I felt compelled to do. So I just started. Everyone lives under shadows. Obviously I have one, but I don't pretend it's any worse than anyone else's." ~ Jakob
"That song, I kinda wrote it simply about...I feel like I've got three people inside of me that make choices every day, and you never know which one is going to make the choices for you." ~ Jakob on "Three Marlenas"
"So many shows; so many words to remember." ~ Jakob
"When you wake up in the morning, you want to look in the mirror and recognize yourself." ~ Jakob (thanks, George!)
"Although we encourage the throwing of jewelry, please do not throw it at the lead singer's groin...that hurt!" ~ Jakob (thanks, Dallas! That is pretty funny!)
"I'm not the biggest fan of making videos, but as long as I don't have to wear a monkey suit and drive a police car, you can bet I'll be there." ~ Jakob (discussing the making of the video for "The Difference")
"We don't have any rehearsed banter or light show or anything like that. It's mainly just a music show. Plus the occasional mud wrestling." ~ Jakob
"I think it's pitiful, a lot of people blaming their adult lives on their childhoods. You're an adult now; you have the ability to move on." ~ Jakob
"There are all different levels of it. When you go all the way and turn yourself inside out, you discover things. You write lines that you know are true, and then you realize why they're true." ~ Jakob
Okay ya'll..not to try to draw any connections here or anything but....this is kind of funny!!
Bob (1977): "I mean, I don't consider myself . . . the life of the party."
Jake (1998): "The first line is 'People say I'm the life of the party. Nobody ever said that about me."
Jake (1998): "It's so hard to actually articulate what it is I want to say."
Bob (1975): "I'm not really very articulate.I save what I have to say for what I do."