Stephen Malkmus famous quotes

We're probably a couple of freaks who've created their own little universe, are living in our own little world and that's the only place where we can survive.
-- Stephen Malkmus

#Couple #World #Littles

What I love about music, when you can look at something and be like, "Wow, what's this all about?" You can't really picture what these people look like - is it one guy, or a band making music in a garage?
-- Stephen Malkmus

#People #Guy #Looks

You don't realize that when you're young, and you're surprised there's a lot of people at your gig - you just think it's general British-press hype.
-- Stephen Malkmus

#Thinking #Hype #People

We [ Paverment] were definitely unafraid of playing wrong notes and singing wrong things. We could be fearlessly bad!
-- Stephen Malkmus

#Singing #Notes #Unafraid

When I was in high school, I was a late bloomer. And just like all those supermodels who said they were gawky and no one liked them, that was me - metaphorically. And so I was ready to rise like a phoenix in later times.
-- Stephen Malkmus

#School #Phoenix #Said

Well, yeah, I sang to some songs on the radio or in the shower.
-- Stephen Malkmus

#Song #Radio #Showers

I guess the majority of people who want to ban certain musicians are the ones who are so proud of everything America stands for.
-- Stephen Malkmus

#America #People #Majority

I'm more into describing a scenario and I move around in that scenario.
-- Stephen Malkmus

#Moving

If a voice is just too nice, without an edge, it kinda all flows by. You forget it. You don't listen to the lyrics.
-- Stephen Malkmus

#Nice #Voice #Flow

Lou Reed is something like a personal favorite of mine, but you could always put me into that drawer of singers who can't really sing, who speak their songs.
-- Stephen Malkmus

#Song #Singers #Reeds

The lyrics are different from Nick Cave songs and lyrics. His songs are very narrative.
-- Stephen Malkmus

#Song #Narrative #Different

There's no point that an album should sound like a watered down version of another album.
-- Stephen Malkmus

#Sound #Albums #Should

We always did our own mixing.
-- Stephen Malkmus

#Mixing

We're not on a desperate mission to write chart compatible stuff.
-- Stephen Malkmus

#Writing #Stuff #Desperate

What producers did was mostly recording in the studio, so it never changed our sound just that much.
-- Stephen Malkmus

#Sound #Never Change #Producers

I still hate [the Eagles]…. There’s levels of evil in it to me.
-- Stephen Malkmus

#Hate #Eagles #Evil

I like that band Get Hustle. They're cool live. I haven't heard their records, though.
-- Stephen Malkmus

#Hustle #Band #Records

I really do think everybody can sing.
-- Stephen Malkmus

#Thinking

I don't even think my voice is really good.
-- Stephen Malkmus

#Thinking #Voice

A good voice isn't so important. It's more important to sound really unique.
-- Stephen Malkmus

#Unique #Voice #Important

Almost every band has somebody who's the main songwriter and who has a vision, a very clear idea of how a song should be.
-- Stephen Malkmus

#Song #Ideas #Vision

But, then again, I wouldn't call myself an indie-rock supporter even if there are some really good bands out there and there will always be some real good new bands.
-- Stephen Malkmus

#Real #Rocks #Band

I'm not sure if you can blame everything on the American way of life, but the United States are big. So, if you have a lot of people there, the percentage of stupid people is bound to be higher.
-- Stephen Malkmus

#Stupid #People #Way

I think the focus of the media changes. At the moment the more electronic stuff like trip-hop was the flavor of the month, just a little while ago. It all depends on the angle, from which point of view you see it.
-- Stephen Malkmus

#Thinking #Media #Views

Wig Out At Jagbags is inspired by Cologne, Germany, Mark Von Schlegell, Rosemarie Trockel, Von Spar and Jan Lankisch, Can and Gas; Stephen-Malkmus-imagined Weezer/Chili Peppers, Sic Alps, UVA in the late 80's, NYRB, Aroma Charlottenburg, inactivity, Jamming, Indie guys trying to sound Memphis, Flipper, Pete Townshend, Pavement, The Joggers, The NBA and home life in the 2010's ...
-- Stephen Malkmus

#Home #Nba #Guy

If you want to be negative about the whole thing you can say all guitar bands after the Beatles were just a waste of time because the Beatles were the best. I think it's far better to give new records a try.
-- Stephen Malkmus

#Thinking #Guitar #Giving

I never decided to start singing, to be a singer.
-- Stephen Malkmus

#Singing #Singers