About Stephen Malkmus
Stephen Malkmus is an American musician best known as the primary songwriter, lead singer, and guitarist of the indie rock band Pavement. Pavement started as a duo, later expanded to five members, and released five studio albums before breaking up in 1999.
![“I still hate [the Eagles]…. There’s levels of evil in it to me.” quote by Stephen Malkmus](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/265/stephen-malkmus-2984_eagles_i-still-hate-the-eagles-there-s-levels-o_2035592.png)
![“When I was a kid I really liked the guitarist of The Doors [Robby Krieger]. He plays blues, but he plays a lot of melodic things. He plays scales that are kind of unusual, and some bent notes.” quote by Stephen Malkmus](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/82b/stephen-malkmus-2984_bent_when-i-was-a-kid-i-really-liked-the-guit_1151341.png)
![“Things tends to often [consolidate] like Disney. It's the same with music. There's Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young and Patti Smith. There's these three people that everyone seems to agree on. No matter what they like, they seem to like those three.” quote by Stephen Malkmus](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/042/stephen-malkmus-2984_agree_things-tends-to-often-consolidate-like-d_1773031.png)
![“Traditionally, when we lived here [in Portland], we have a record player in the living room, and there's lots of stuff playing, all different kinds of music. I don't listen to any of those Internet radio things. I have iTunes on my thing, but I've never bought a single thing on it. Except for…” quote by Stephen Malkmus](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/841/stephen-malkmus-2984_call-me_traditionally-when-we-lived-here-in-port_100182.jpg)
![“I know the world doesn't need maybe another of [a particular type of song] - the same thing again - but you can't help yourself. And some people like it, but you kind of know in your heart that it's a lesser version of what you've done before. But maybe it has a good tempo, or it feels fresh, but…” quote by Stephen Malkmus](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/8ba/stephen-malkmus-2984_done_i-know-the-world-doesn-t-need-maybe-anot_2993276.png)
