Stephen Malkmus Quotes
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I don't want to be singing Satisfaction when I'm 40.
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I don't want to be rich, I just want to be loved.
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I don't want to stop bringing out music.
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I don't want to put out something I'm not psyched on just because I finished it. That's the stupidest reason to do something, really. I want it to be up to my standards. I don't want to put out something I wouldn't listen to.
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I don't want to be George Lucas and go back after the fact.
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I don't want to let any of my family down.
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I don't want to ever be a quote-unquote rock star. I want to just be me.
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I don't want to live in a world with blinders on.
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I don't want to own anything until I find a place where me and things go together. I'm not sure where that is but I know what it is like. It's like Tiffany's.
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I don't want to look at other people my age in leather. Why would I put it on?
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I don't want to be mean. I try not to be.
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I don't want to be the 'spice' added to a show. I'm not a condiment!
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Why do I act like this, agreeing when I really disagree, letting people force me to do things I don't want to do?
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When I can no longer create anything, I'll be done for.
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My acting range is incredibly limited and narrow, but I'm a good heavy. I'm a good authoritarian figure; I don't know why. "Can you be a cop?" Sure. "Can you be a Marine?" Absolutely. Well, at least in a movie.
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No rose without a thorn but many a thorn without a rose.
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I may find peace with in the emptiness, how pitiful.
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There were many times my pants were so thin I could sit on a dime and tell if it was heads or tails.
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How beautiful the world was when one looked at it, without searching... just looked, simply and innocently.
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The secret to longevity in the music business is to change, and to be able to change. [...] An actor has to assume other people's identities. A rock star doesn't need to do that. [...] But change is important.
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I don't want to be in Mötley Crüe or something.
