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> [When I see four young kids in a band, I think, That looks really fun, no matter how shitty they are. You develop your own thing, and get excited about your band name. It's all so harmless.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-malkmus/when-i-see-four-young-kids-in-a-band-i-think-that-looks-really-fun-no/)

[Stephen Malkmus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-malkmus/)

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## More by Stephen Malkmus

> ['Silence Kid' starts with a broken classic-rock intro. It's funny to hear us do that. Obviously, we weren't skillful rock stars. Then it's spinning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-malkmus/silence-kid-starts-with-a-broken-classic-rock-intro-it-s-funny-to/)

[Stephen Malkmus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-malkmus/)

> [What producers did was mostly recording in the studio, so it never changed our sound just that much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-malkmus/what-producers-did-was-mostly-recording-in-the-studio-so-it-never/)

[Stephen Malkmus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-malkmus/)

> [I'm better when I'm an autodidact and things just come. Or you're just blessed. I'm not bragging or anything, it just comes to you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-malkmus/i-m-better-when-i-m-an-autodidact-and-things-just-come-or-you-re-just/)

[Stephen Malkmus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-malkmus/)

> [Men are men and women are women, but the men are dumber than the women, usually.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-malkmus/men-are-men-and-women-are-women-but-the-men-are-dumber-than-the-women/)

[Stephen Malkmus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-malkmus/)

> [I am good at just looking in the kitchen and getting stuff on the table and keeping the mess minimal. There's an art to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-malkmus/i-am-good-at-just-looking-in-the-kitchen-and-getting-stuff-on-the/)

[Stephen Malkmus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-malkmus/)

> [ 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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-malkmus/traditionally-when-we-lived-here-in-portland-we-have-a-record-player/)

[Stephen Malkmus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-malkmus/)

> [The word "down," is very musical. It just always comes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-malkmus/the-word-down-is-very-musical-it-just-always-comes/)

[Stephen Malkmus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-malkmus/)

> [I'm more into describing a scenario and I move around in that scenario.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-malkmus/i-m-more-into-describing-a-scenario-and-i-move-around-in-that-scenario/)

[Stephen Malkmus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-malkmus/)

> [I like visual imagery in my head.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-malkmus/i-like-visual-imagery-in-my-head/)

[Stephen Malkmus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-malkmus/)

> [I'll cover just about anything - except for a Kid Rock song.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-malkmus/i-ll-cover-just-about-anything-except-for-a-kid-rock-song/)

[Stephen Malkmus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-malkmus/)

> [“I cannot do even one sit-up / Sit-ups are so bourgeoisie.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-malkmus/i-cannot-do-even-one-sit-up-sit-ups-are-so-bourgeoisie/)

[Stephen Malkmus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-malkmus/)

> [I like a narrative, even if it's fractured, or kind of psychedelic. But my favorite thing is if I hear words and I close…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-malkmus/i-like-a-narrative-even-if-it-s-fractured-or-kind-of-psychedelic-but/)

[Stephen Malkmus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-malkmus/)

> [Freddie Gray was a story I followed closer than others, for whatever reason, in this larger narrative of police brutality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-malkmus/freddie-gray-was-a-story-i-followed-closer-than-others-for-whatever/)

[Stephen Malkmus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-malkmus/)

> [We're not on a desperate mission to write chart compatible stuff.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-malkmus/we-re-not-on-a-desperate-mission-to-write-chart-compatible-stuff/)

[Stephen Malkmus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-malkmus/)

> [I'm not dying for things to say.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-malkmus/i-m-not-dying-for-things-to-say/)

[Stephen Malkmus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-malkmus/)

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