Quote from 'VH1 Remembers the Concert for New York'
" Yeah, I think when you go back, people will say what was
the biggest moment in your career, I don't see how anything
could be bigger or more meaningful than playing that concert. "
Quote from 'Today Show Interview 7-25-03'
"If you're gone for to long you disappear off the map pretty quickly. And you have to keep a presence. Because people are fickle they forget about you really quick."
Quote from 'Five Questions for Mike'
"I once received a letter from a woman who had apparently met me at an in-store performance. She stated that she had seen a psychic and found out that she had been my lover in a past life."
"I don't remember. Isn't that the point of being sloppy drunk?"
"Medieval Scotland - So I could find out if the French princess that William Wallace slept with was really that hot! (Braveheart reference, in case you didn't get it)."
Quotes from
'Goo Goo Dolls drummer runs to own, unique beat'
By Pete Colaizzo
Poughkeepsie Journal
October 31, 2002
"I've been into the mountains and into hiking all my life, he said. I really like the challenge of trail running. It puts you where you won't normally be. There's more to it than just the times."
"If nothing else, my running keeps me out of trouble."
Quotes from 'Trail Runner' magazine
Mike on his first 100-miler. From Trail Runner Magazine June/July 2002. At the AC100, his first 100-miler, Malinin ran through the mountains for 29 hours and 41 minutes.
"I thought I was going to cry when I got to the finish line, he says, It was a great feeling of accomplishment."
"I figured that if I was going to run races that I had absolutely no chance of winning, I should challenge myself by running longer distances."
Quote from a article about 'Baja Fresh's charity celebrity auction for MusiCares Foundation'
"Baja Fresh is awesome, that's why we love it," said Goo Goo Doll's percussionist Mike Malinin.
Quote from a short article & interview with Mike at Active.com
7-28-00
"I like the personal challenge of finishing"
(Mike on finishing marathons)
Mike Malinin on VH1's The
Daily
"I like the Screeching Weasels they rock."
From a clip at Much Music.com
A fan asked, Is there any one special song for the band?
Mike answered, "I really liked the song they did along time ago called 'Two Days In February.' That was the day I decided they were a really great band before I was in it. I used to listen to that song all the time."
Quote From the article 'Still Living Dolls' April 9, 2002
"Put an economic stranglehold on the region. (President) Bush can't do that 'cause he's an evil motherf---er, which I hope people haven't forgotten either ... Because people are trying to rally behind a cause, they all of a sudden like this president that nobody elected. That confused the hell out of me."
