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title: "4 Early Quotes By Lee Ranaldo"
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> [We got our first significant pieces of press in the 'New York Rocker' from early gigs at CBGB.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-ranaldo/we-got-our-first-significant-pieces-of-press-in-the-new-york-rocker/)

[Lee Ranaldo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-ranaldo/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79e/lee-ranaldo-4745_early_we-got-our-first-significant-pieces-of-p_300951.jpg)

> [Being a guy who was a geek with tape machines in the early days and really interested in how records get made,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-ranaldo/being-a-guy-who-was-a-geek-with-tape-machines-in-the-early-days-and/)

[Lee Ranaldo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-ranaldo/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6dc/lee-ranaldo-4745_beatles_being-a-guy-who-was-a-geek-with-tape-mac_311046.jpg)

> [When we first started, in the early Eighties, we had some crappy guitars - Japanese knockoffs that wouldn't hold standard tuning. Later,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-ranaldo/when-we-first-started-in-the-early-eighties-we-had-some-crappy/)

[Lee Ranaldo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-ranaldo/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6b/lee-ranaldo-4745_better_when-we-first-started-in-the-early-eight_565033.jpg)

> [When you listen to early Leonard Cohen records or Joni Mitchell records, you feel like a window is being opened into someone's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-ranaldo/when-you-listen-to-early-leonard-cohen-records-or-joni-mitchell/)

[Lee Ranaldo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-ranaldo/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03a/lee-ranaldo-4745_being_when-you-listen-to-early-leonard-cohen-r_627368.jpg)

## Other authors on Early

## More by Lee Ranaldo

> [We've been around long enough that there have certainly been people at every stage of our career telling us about one or another record…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-ranaldo/we-ve-been-around-long-enough-that-there-have-certainly-been-people/)

[Lee Ranaldo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-ranaldo/)

> [I guess I see 'Goo' half as a really New York record because I think there are a lot of really particular New York…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-ranaldo/i-guess-i-see-goo-half-as-a-really-new-york-record-because-i-think/)

[Lee Ranaldo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-ranaldo/)

> [It's easier to write about a celebrity, a personality, than it is to dig in and write about the music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-ranaldo/it-s-easier-to-write-about-a-celebrity-a-personality-than-it-is-to/)

[Lee Ranaldo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-ranaldo/)

> [I have nothing against change or evolution, and I'm not one of those people who wants the city to be what it was 40…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-ranaldo/i-have-nothing-against-change-or-evolution-and-i-m-not-one-of-those/)

[Lee Ranaldo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-ranaldo/)

> ['Daydream' brought us to the top of the heap of the indie-college market and recognition by all of our peers; 'Daydream' kind of capped…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-ranaldo/daydream-brought-us-to-the-top-of-the-heap-of-the-indie-college/)

[Lee Ranaldo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-ranaldo/)

> [Signing to a major label was an experiment for us. It was a challenge: working in a big studio with a producer was a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-ranaldo/signing-to-a-major-label-was-an-experiment-for-us-it-was-a-challenge/)

[Lee Ranaldo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-ranaldo/)

> [New York always has a lot of creativity going on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-ranaldo/new-york-always-has-a-lot-of-creativity-going-on/)

[Lee Ranaldo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-ranaldo/)

> [We'd been on Geffen for a long time, and I think we felt that we needed a change. I just don't think we felt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-ranaldo/we-d-been-on-geffen-for-a-long-time-and-i-think-we-felt-that-we/)

[Lee Ranaldo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-ranaldo/)

> [It's not like we set out to antagonize the audience in any way. We're just presenting our music; it's really much more innocent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-ranaldo/it-s-not-like-we-set-out-to-antagonize-the-audience-in-any-way-we-re/)

[Lee Ranaldo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-ranaldo/)

> [One of the things I loved - or I love still - about this Occupy movement is it's got a very gentle core. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-ranaldo/one-of-the-things-i-loved-or-i-love-still-about-this-occupy-movement/)

[Lee Ranaldo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-ranaldo/)

> [We got our first significant pieces of press in the 'New York Rocker' from early gigs at CBGB.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-ranaldo/we-got-our-first-significant-pieces-of-press-in-the-new-york-rocker/)

[Lee Ranaldo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-ranaldo/)

> [Being a guy who was a geek with tape machines in the early days and really interested in how records get made, I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-ranaldo/being-a-guy-who-was-a-geek-with-tape-machines-in-the-early-days-and/)

[Lee Ranaldo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-ranaldo/)

> [The world is going to end for each of us in a prescribed time, and you sort of understand that your time is limited…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-ranaldo/the-world-is-going-to-end-for-each-of-us-in-a-prescribed-time-and-you/)

[Lee Ranaldo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-ranaldo/)

> [My main pedal is the Ibanez Analog Delay, the AD9 or the AD80, whichever one it is. That's my go-to pedal for short delay.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-ranaldo/my-main-pedal-is-the-ibanez-analog-delay-the-ad9-or-the-ad80/)

[Lee Ranaldo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-ranaldo/)

> [The Strokes will never get anywhere after that first record.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-ranaldo/the-strokes-will-never-get-anywhere-after-that-first-record/)

[Lee Ranaldo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-ranaldo/)

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