Stephen Malkmus Quotes
In the early '90s, it felt like there was space - there was like an empty feel. There was nobody really doing this. Maybe the Pixies were, a little bit. Their lyrics were also disjointed, more psychosexual or something. That's part of youth, too, maybe, that you just feel like you're doing something different.
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I feel comfortable at 154 lbs.
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I feel very, very blessed.
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It may sound funny, but it's true: I tried to put myself through the 12-step program. I didn't want to attend a real meeting; my role didn't really require that, and I feel those meetings are sort of sacred, and they're anonymous for a reason. I tried to deal with some of my love of snacks - and I relapsed a lot.
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I do and re-do things that I used to do in a flash, because I want to be more perfectionist about these things. Maybe it sounds pompous and pretentious, but that's the way I feel.
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I can't tell you how lucky I feel to be able to collaborate with some of my dream producers.
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I hope kids feel gratitude for what they do have.
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I don't feel like an idol to anybody. I don't feel anybody should look up to me.
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I feel very strongly that young women have regressed a little bit. But I do get all preachy about it.
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People are predominant in my paintings. Although they are not obvious, you can feel their presence.
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I feel alive, fit and active. I have no plans for retirement. My only concession to getting a little older is that I like to have a cat-nap in the afternoon. After that, I can push on through anything.
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Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art empty.
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I'm going to put music out when I feel like it's ready.
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Whenever you're scared of something, don't let that define you. We all feel it, but step up.
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What I love about New York is just the electricity I feel right away.
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I don't really feel like I need to be a teenager ever again.
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There is a feeling, when you listen to radio, that it's one person, and they're talking to you, and you really feel their presence as one person.
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The Lord has never spoken to me, but I feel Chick-fil-A has been His gift.
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Usually, the music inspires the lyrics. The lyrics just sort of fall off like a bunch of crumbs from the melody. That's all I want them to be - crumbs. I don't want to work any kind of fabricated message.
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This is part of what's driving me, is this feeling like there's so much yet to be discovered in the oceans, and we're destroying it before we even know what's in it.
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When I came into the business, things changed a lot, and my life was in a real state of flux.
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I never used to speak to the audience at all. I never really knew what to say onstage.
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You can't go wrong with some nuts. The key word is 'some.' Eat them one at a time, not by the handful.
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In the early '90s, it felt like there was space - there was like an empty feel. There was nobody really doing this. Maybe the Pixies were, a little bit. Their lyrics were also disjointed, more psychosexual or something. That's part of youth, too, maybe, that you just feel like you're doing something different.
