Josh Homme Quotes

I got into guitar because no parent will buy their eight-year-old kid drums, unless they're divorced and trying to get back at their wife.

Josh Homme Queens of the Stone Age

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• I got into guitar because no parent will buy their eight-year-old kid drums, unless they're divorced and trying to get back at their wife.

  

  Josh Homme Queens of the Stone Age
  • Wife
  • Guitar
  • Drums