Stephen Malkmus Quotes
I'm sort of socially inept, so music is my way to connect to people. It's a means of socializing and having a life. Otherwise I wouldn't bother. I would just make home recordings and play them for myself. And that's not really healthy.
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I can easily hold two opposing beliefs at the same time without any problem, which I find - well, mind-expanding, really.
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It's interesting because I think class is a heavy, heavy part of 'Moonlight,' and I think, in a certain way, through the sum of all these parts, it's become a commentary on the black experience in America.
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My schedule is so crazy.
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In high school, my English teacher Celeste McMenamin introduced me to the great novels and Shakespeare and taught me how to write. Essays, poetry, critical analysis. Writing is a skill that was painful then but a love of mine now.
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The secret to everything for me is doing yoga every day. It does do nice things for your body, but it also kind of calms you down and chills you out. Other than that, I don't really drink alcohol and I always take my makeup off at night!
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A man that ain't willin' to cheat for a poke don't want it bad enough.
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When you're rich you don't write checks.
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I always say, dare to struggle, dare to grin.
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It doesn't matter what country or what political system you are from. Space brings you together.
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As much as you may want to, you can't control what other people say or do; you can only control yourself.
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It is psychologically very hard to go through life without the justification, and the hope, provided by religion.
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I knew what type of player I was: a free agent, a small kid who came from a small school.
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I speak for all Malaysians in expressing my admiration for the Queen and the grace, poise and selflessness with which she has carried out her duties during her long reign. She represents the very best of British traits: dignity, resilience and hard work.
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I think Gotye is really dope. The music that I enjoy listening to isn't as intense as my music is.
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Businessmen need to understand the challenges of society and contribute to solving them.
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I believe that change keeps you young.
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It's a contract of connection to be in the same space and watch and listen to stories and be caught in them. When you're in a theater, your brain expands because somebody in the theater may do something or respond to something that you wouldn't have.
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I don't think policy makers surprise unnecessarily. You don't pick surprise as a part of your policy. Markets value a certain amount of predictability. But there are certain areas where surprise is a tool.
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I would say the songs that have different lyrics. I always write the music first, and there's a couple of songs on this box set that have different lyrics from what ended up on the final recording.
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Art is a human activity having for its purpose the transmission to others of the highest and best feelings to which men have risen.
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I've made music since I was a kid so I've always gotten joy out of that.
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Istanbul is inspiring because it has its own code of architecture, literature, poetry, music.
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I think it's just constantly on my mind: wanting to help people, not just with music but with my words. I feel like I want to do that for people.
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I'm sort of socially inept, so music is my way to connect to people. It's a means of socializing and having a life. Otherwise I wouldn't bother. I would just make home recordings and play them for myself. And that's not really healthy.
