Brandon Flowers Quotes

It is hard to stay normal in Vegas.

I am a self-confessed cocaholic.

I grew up loving a lot of English bands, ... That has a huge effect on you. If I was listening to hip-hop as opposed to Morrissey when I was 13, I would probably be a very different musician. But that`s what I was drawn to when I was growing up.

America is still getting used to the word gay," and when you`ve got a band that`s seen as this gay thing, instantly there`s going to be a wall that`s going to get put up." (On the controversy surrounding the Pet Shop Boys)

You don`t have to be a poet to say something profound. (When asked what his favorite quote was)

Controversy is never a bad thing.

I thought we were going to win best rock video, but you just can`t beat those Green Day people.

Music makes my blood flow. I don`t know anyone who doesn`t have a favorite song. I just want to be the messenger.

I don`t know. My mom would say it`s because they are jealous,

We want to be important and to last.

When you look at America and see a big hamburger, or whatever it is that you see, they definitely took a bite out of it. (Referring to the Pet Shop Boys)

When you grow up in that world, entertainment gets in your blood, ... The flashiness and the glamour catch your attention.

This song is the last song we`re playing in America, but we`ll be back.

Arm wrestling with scorpions.

I`ve always had this thing about it not really mattering where you`re from, because there`s always been this big cloud over America saying you have to live in LA or you have to live in New York to make it. I always knew it didn`t matter as long as you had the songs.

I think we are the cleanest band in the world, and we are also the busiest. I think these two things go together.

Thinking of becoming an entrepreneur, I would love to rent the World of Coca Cola Museum"."

I just think it`s the whipped cream... on top. The Killers are the pie and I guess (my) looks are the cherry.

I think rock music is getting better. The best (selling) music has been hip-hop for quite a while. So those guys are making the money and making the videos.

I guarantee I am better than anyone who does drugs.

Well, we are under the universal umbrella, as they say. - When asked if he was surprised by the Killers` worldwide popularity.

I`m allowed to think that it (Sam`s Town) is the best album in twenty years, but I`ll have my opinion and other people are going to have theirs.

I have never done illegal drugs in my whole life. Not even a drag of a joint.

Move to America! (answering a Canadian fan`s question how to "survive" high school)

When I was younger I was chubby. It gave me a terrible sense of self-image, and I guess I carry that around with me still.

(So it`s not a stretch for Flowers and his band mates to wear makeup and pressed suits.) It`s part of the show, ... Vegas is about the show.

People are coming together, as a family, because our brothers and sisters in Africa need our help, so let`s change their worlds. - Live 8 (2005).

I don`t know why I`m coming to terms with this right now, but in the last few months...I get asked about it a lot. If I were Catholic, no one would bat an eye. ...People look at me like I`m an alien when they ask about Mormonism. It`s there in my music. It`s always been there. It`s obviously, it`s, um, it`s unavoidable.