Quotes by Tom DeLonge

About Tom DeLonge:

Thomas Matthew DeLonge, Jr. is an American musician, singer, songwriter, author, and entrepreneur. He is currently the guitarist and lead vocalist of the rock band Angels & Airwaves. He is also the former guitarist and co-lead vocalist of the American rock band Blink-182. DeLonge grew up in the suburbs of Poway, California, where he embraced skateboarding at an early age. DeLonge received his first guitar shortly thereafter and began writing original punk rock songs. He formed Blink-182 with bassist Mark Hoppus and drummer Scott Raynor during his high school years. The band created a following in the mid-1990s through independent releases and relentless touring, particularly in their home country and in Australia. They signed to MCA Records in 1996 and their second album, Dude Ranch (1997), featured the hit single "Dammit".
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My dad has had a rare form of leukemia since I was in about 7th grade. But they've come up with some amazing drugs since then and he's doing really well today.

Tom DeLonge

I don't listen to punk any more, unless it's right before I play. Not that I don't like it, it's nostalgic. But, it's for kids and it should be... it's not art, it's expression.

Tom DeLonge

When we started Angels & Airwaves, we wanted to produce our art on different mediums, but the film was an ambitious one because we actually didn't go into it thinking we could make a big feature film.

Tom DeLonge

'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' is the best movie for a guy like me. A cerebral adventure. A moving story. A bunch of little green men.

Tom DeLonge

In ten years I will become president of the United States Of America.

Tom DeLonge

I used to get so jealous if my wife liked another band more than my own. Come to think of it, I still do.

Tom DeLonge

I'm a huge stadium rock fan, but I'm also a fan of everything from Massive Attack to Peter Gabriel, U2, the Police, Radiohead, and Coldplay.

Tom DeLonge

I will eat anything Mexican - a sombrero, hacienda... anything. They've perfected the combo of bread items and the grill.

Tom DeLonge

They say Einstein died while he was still trying to figure out gravity. I think I'm going to die still trying to figure out some of the things about Blink.

Tom DeLonge

I'm a little left of center, for sure, with Angels & Airwaves. But even when I get really weird, it's not that weird. It's not like some obscure Sonic Youth record or something. We don't take it quite that far. But what we do like are crescendos, and...

Tom DeLonge

Geometric shapes hold an energy pattern, and scientists did some experiments which say certain geometric shapes can affect matter around them. It's simply because when a human looks at a shape, they instantly receive energy from their brain.

Tom DeLonge

People are different when they're 30 than they are when they're 16.

Tom DeLonge

I grew up skateboarding, but I don't even do that anymore.

Tom DeLonge

I write in a very melodic way, so that will never leave. I think my records will always tend to be approachable.

Tom DeLonge

My company created a platform called Modlife, this prepackaged website that runs an artist's website.

Tom DeLonge

So many artists today will talk about green this or organic that, but you know what? What we are eating, I think, is really doing a lot of bad to us. I'm not sure if I'm the guy to do it right now, because I have to clean up my house too, so to speak...

Tom DeLonge

I'm interested in a lot of different things, but first and foremost I'm into the idea of human consciousness, and Angels & Airwaves is a byproduct of that.

Tom DeLonge

I've never been a jam-band sort of musician.

Tom DeLonge

When I write in the studio, I tend to gravitate toward the ability to play really loud, aggressive, post-punk stuff, with big, heavy guitars and a big rock drum sound.

Tom DeLonge

I think my records will always tend to be approachable.

Tom DeLonge

Author Bio

  • NameTom DeLonge
  • DescriptionAmerican rock musician
  • AliasesThomas Matthew DeLonge; Thomas DeLonge; Ava DeLonge; Tom delong; Tom Matthew DeLonge; Boomer; Jonas DeLonge; Big Oily Men; Tom Delonge Signature Guitar
  • BornDecember 13, 1975
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionGuitarist; Singer; Songwriter; Singer-songwriter; Ufologist