Stephen Malkmus Quotes
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I think it's just entertainment for people that are interested in the form. To sing along to and be psyched by.
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I've lost my writing skills since college. I couldn't write a book. It would take a long time.
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If you'd rather learn how to ride a horse or something, I would say do that. That'll keep you out of trouble. You would think a band would get you in trouble, but I think it's the opposite.
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The lyrics are different from Nick Cave songs and lyrics. His songs are very narrative.
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George Oppen wasn't a larger than life personality, but I'm not either. And he lived a long time, so he was happy. Going down in flames is fine, too.
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I did some writing. I was just taking the kids to school. I did a couple things and we did some tours. It was a lot of downtime.
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I guess the majority of people who want to ban certain musicians are the ones who are so proud of everything America stands for.
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I do play soccer, but it's exhausting in a way.
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I don't even think my voice is really good.
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I would just imagine there's a criticism for just about everything, if you want to take something down. No one's invincible. The Jicks are a work in progress and we don't think everything we do is the bee's knees or something, we're just trying our best to get turned on by what we're doing.
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I'm not a go-to-the-gym type guy. I've tried before. And I'm not a jogger.
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If someone's really busy listening to other CDs, and worried about what's new and what's truly relevant for discourse now, maybe it isn't that interesting. To me it is, because I'm tuned into that and that's what I like, so it's interesting to me. It's all I can do.
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I'm not dying for things to say.
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Оur music, it's an acquired taste. It's almost cult, even at our level. It can mean nothing to somebody and it can mean everything to somebody else.
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You can change the world, but if no one's listening, it doesn't matter.
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The word "down," is very musical. It just always comes.
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Maybe I don't have the patience to make a virtue of necessity - the patience to carry something all the way through, and to actually say something. Lately, the songs are more jagged and they don't really lend themselves to that. I just take it one bit at a time.
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The earlier stuff is more like "this is happening to me," but now there are more songs that are accusatory or something, or more declaratory. I don't know where that voice comes from, like, "I've been down the road, we've been there and done that." That's sort of like a tougher style, or a less vulnerable style.
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Obviously songs and musicians mean a lot to people.