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title: "5 Early Quotes By Kim Gordon"
description: "5 Early quotes by Kim Gordon. Plus more from Kim Gordon and more Early sayings from other authors."
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> [In the early eighties, there were a lot of artists involved with the music scene. All those young artists, before their careers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/in-the-early-eighties-there-were-a-lot-of-artists-involved-with-the/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bf/kim-gordon-4178_always_in-the-early-eighties-there-were-a-lot-o_660207.png)

> [I never felt like I had anything really figured out. When I was a teenager, it was all about teenagers having an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/i-never-felt-like-i-had-anything-really-figured-out-when-i-was-a/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/593/kim-gordon-4178_about_i-never-felt-like-i-had-anything-really_1188990.png)

> [L.A. prides itself on newness or being the last frontier or just not liking old things and tearing them down to build…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/l-a-prides-itself-on-newness-or-being-the-last-frontier-or-just-not/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebb/kim-gordon-4178_back_l-a-prides-itself-on-newness-or-being-th_1375624.png)

> [I went to art school, and I wanted to be an artist since I was 5. I basically moved to New York…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/i-went-to-art-school-and-i-wanted-to-be-an-artist-since-i-was-5-i/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/100/kim-gordon-4178_age_i-went-to-art-school-and-i-wanted-to-be_1859116.png)

> [I think that certainly, whenever you have a new band, the first record always has a certain energy to it before you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/i-think-that-certainly-whenever-you-have-a-new-band-the-first-record/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a81/kim-gordon-4178_always_i-think-that-certainly-whenever-you-have_2527681.png)

## Other authors on Early

## More by Kim Gordon

> [It's hard to say when the life of a band starts and stops... but playing music together is an act of trust. When that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/it-s-hard-to-say-when-the-life-of-a-band-starts-and-stops-but-playing/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

> [I think of myself as unconventional, I guess. I maybe always had a problem with authority, like a stubbornness about what's expected - despite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/i-think-of-myself-as-unconventional-i-guess-i-maybe-always-had-a/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

> [When I was young, there was never any space for me to get attention of my own that wasn't negative. Art, and the practice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/when-i-was-young-there-was-never-any-space-for-me-to-get-attention-of/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

> [I'm not saying Sonic Youth was a conceptual-art project for me, but in a way it was an extension of Warhol. Instead of making…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/i-m-not-saying-sonic-youth-was-a-conceptual-art-project-for-me-but-in/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

> [I do retweet some of the things that people say about the things I've done, but I don't necessarily want to use it to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/i-do-retweet-some-of-the-things-that-people-say-about-the-things-i-ve/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

> [I am basically a shy person, so performing sometimes helps me focus - having all those people concentrate their attention on you. I don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/i-am-basically-a-shy-person-so-performing-sometimes-helps-me-focus/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

> [I just happened to start playing music for the conceptual ideas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/i-just-happened-to-start-playing-music-for-the-conceptual-ideas/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

> [You're always going to feel like you're catching up, and part of that is just balancing work and motherhood and the whole feeling of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/you-re-always-going-to-feel-like-you-re-catching-up-and-part-of-that/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

> [I was kind of freaked out by the art world in the 1980s. Just the money thing. All the competition over artists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/i-was-kind-of-freaked-out-by-the-art-world-in-the-1980s-just-the/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

> [Political art never goes away. I started watching The West Wing show recently and I'm actually learning about how the government works in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/political-art-never-goes-away-i-started-watching-the-west-wing-show/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

> [Sonic Youth, for better or worse, is/was a machine that carried me along through pregnancy, motherhood, and creative opportunities I never would have achieved…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/sonic-youth-for-better-or-worse-is-was-a-machine-that-carried-me/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

> [In a lot of the art world, you have to present yourself as you know what you're doing at a young age. Music gave…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/in-a-lot-of-the-art-world-you-have-to-present-yourself-as-you-know/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

> [I have a really hard time writing my own lyrics for this record, because one, I had to write so many and also I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/i-have-a-really-hard-time-writing-my-own-lyrics-for-this-record/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

> [In rock music, people have certain assumptions that it makes people more enlightened, and it really doesn't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/in-rock-music-people-have-certain-assumptions-that-it-makes-people/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

> [Because our daughters have school and it's just such a hassle going down to New York all the time, we can really only go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/because-our-daughters-have-school-and-it-s-just-such-a-hassle-going/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

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