"My wife and I had decided not to let anybody take pictures of our home because it was just the last place on earth we had that was unscathed. But people have climbed over the fence; they've taken aerial shots. They've gotten my address and put it on the Internet"
About this Quote
The quote works because it mixes plain domestic language (“my wife and I had decided”) with the logic of invasion (“climbed over the fence,” “aerial shots,” “put it on the Internet”). Each escalation tracks the modern attention economy: first the opportunistic trespasser, then the surveillance-like view from above, then the doxxing that turns a house into a pin on a map. “Unscathed” is doing heavy lifting; it implies not just privacy, but innocence, a space untouched by extraction.
There’s also a quiet irony: Tyler is a master of spectacle, someone whose career was built on being seen and consumed. That doesn’t invalidate the grievance; it sharpens it. The subtext is a negotiation many artists thought they’d already settled: you can have my image, my music, my myth. You can’t have my front door. In an era where fandom, gossip, and “content” blur into entitlement, his frustration reads less like diva angst and more like a warning about how easily curiosity becomes permission.
Quote Details
| Topic | Privacy & Cybersecurity |
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| Source | Help us find the source |
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Citation Formats
APA Style (7th ed.)
Tyler, Steven. (2026, January 15). My wife and I had decided not to let anybody take pictures of our home because it was just the last place on earth we had that was unscathed. But people have climbed over the fence; they've taken aerial shots. They've gotten my address and put it on the Internet. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/my-wife-and-i-had-decided-not-to-let-anybody-take-10039/
Chicago Style
Tyler, Steven. "My wife and I had decided not to let anybody take pictures of our home because it was just the last place on earth we had that was unscathed. But people have climbed over the fence; they've taken aerial shots. They've gotten my address and put it on the Internet." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/my-wife-and-i-had-decided-not-to-let-anybody-take-10039/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"My wife and I had decided not to let anybody take pictures of our home because it was just the last place on earth we had that was unscathed. But people have climbed over the fence; they've taken aerial shots. They've gotten my address and put it on the Internet." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/my-wife-and-i-had-decided-not-to-let-anybody-take-10039/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.





