Michael Stipe
Birthday: 4 January 1960, Decatur, Georgia, USA
Birth Name: John Michael Stipe
Height: 175 cm
John Michael Stipe was born in Decatur, Georgia, on January 4th, 1960. Since his father was in the military, they moved around a lot. In 1980, while he was attending the University of Georgia (studyin ...Show More
[on once having referred to The Beatles as "elevator music"] I still get death threats about it from Show more
[on once having referred to The Beatles as "elevator music"] I still get death threats about it from Beatles fans. The point that I was trying to make was that I was three years too young for them. I grew up in an era where The Banana Splits, The Archies and The Monkees were the music that I listened to. The Beatles were the music that was playing in the background. Hide
Radiohead are so good they scare me.
Radiohead are so good they scare me.
[on punk rock] I found something that was secret; it was dangerous and it was exciting.
[on punk rock] I found something that was secret; it was dangerous and it was exciting.
I wouldn't survive ten minutes on American Idol (American Idol: The Search for a Superstar (2002)).
I wouldn't survive ten minutes on American Idol (American Idol: The Search for a Superstar (2002)).
We love Peter Gabriel - great minds think alike.
We love Peter Gabriel - great minds think alike.
I guess I've figured out that I can't just blabber anything I want to anymore.
I guess I've figured out that I can't just blabber anything I want to anymore.
I've been to places where people my age had never voted in a democratic election. To go to the votin Show more
I've been to places where people my age had never voted in a democratic election. To go to the voting poll with someone in the former Czechoslovakia, a grown man, and watch him cast his vote for the first time brings tears to your eyes. The right to vote is a privilege I want to remind people of. Hide
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