Ive 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. – Michael Stipe
My feeling is that labels are for canned food… I am what I am – and I know what I am. – Michael Stipe
Sometimes before we make a record I go back and listen to a few. Its equally humbling and uplifting. – Michael Stipe
So, we just kind of created our own thing and thats part of the beauty of Athens: is that its so off the map and theres 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. – Michael Stipe