It's just weird that indie rock heads and so on are connecting to my music. — Prefuse 73 Copy Share Image
I actually think that Republican administrations are better for music. The Reagan era was such a great era for punk and indie… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
“It was too hot for leather jackets even if you were a wannabe indie rock star in your very wildest dreams.” — Sarra Manning Copy Share Image
I do get the sense sometimes that if I draw things too nice, maybe I won't be indie-rock enough anymore. — Bryan Lee O'Malley Copy Share Image
I like the glamorous indie rock look, like The Libertines. But you know, without the heroin needle sticking out of my arm. — Ed Westwick Copy Share Image
This indie rock stuff, I mean I like it, too - it pushes all my buttons: sex appeal, dissonance. It's emotive, disenchanted. — Ketch Secor Copy Share Image
I guess my music taste is pretty predictable: I like new indie rock stuff, older stuff. — Aziz Ansari Copy Share Image
Hip-hop is mostly what I listen to, other than jazz. I've given up on pop music and indie rock. — Jess Row Copy Share Image
I didn't grow up with indie rock - I mean, I listened to bands that are considered indie rock, but I think… — Justin Vernon Copy Share Image
Around '93, the radio started playing 'Loser' by Beck and 'Cut Your Hair' by Pavement, and then I got way into Pavement.… — Kurt Vile Copy Share Image
We grew up listening to alternative music from the '90s, and there was no shame in being on a major label and… — Nate Ruess Copy Share Image
The idea of having an indie rock "career" while living in a remote backwater like Seattle was too ridiculous to contemplate. It… — Bruce Pavitt Copy Share Image
One of the best moments of any Liars show is hearing the crowd squawk 'We're doomed! We're doomed!' on cue during 'We… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
I really do listen to all types of music, not only rock, but everything from good pop music - which is usually… — Amy Lee Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, you listened to a certain genre. Now it's like, "I love indie rock, I love hip-hop, jazz,… — Jonathan Rhys Meyers Copy Share Image
But, then again, I wouldn't call myself an indie-rock supporter even if there are some really good bands out there and there… — Stephen Malkmus Copy Share Image
When I started out as a music journalist, at the end of the 1980s, it was generally assumed that we were living… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
Licensing is how indie rock people make a living these days, so whatever about that. But I want good films and good… — Justin Vernon Copy Share Image
Of course you want to keep making good records, but I think there were certain aspects to the indie rock situation at… — Lee Ranaldo Copy Share Image
“[H]e asked Renee, “What does rock and roll have today that it didn’t have in the sixties?” Renee said, “Tits,” which in… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
“I’d forgotten about them until this very moment, pushed out of my memory from years of dating boys in indie rock bands,… — Megan Stielstra Copy Share Image
From dancing around to Michael Jackson and Madonna as a kid to having my mind blown by the first sounds of punk… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
With Jubilee I had a natural interest to write about something on the opposite end of human experience - a real celebration… — Michelle Zauner Copy Share Image
In high school I was in a band called Goodfight, but it was more me running around on stage. It was very… — Angel Olsen Copy Share Image
I was trained at classical piano as a youngster back in PA. To rebel, I bought a drum set and played in… — Jeff Cardoni Copy Share Image
A lot of the music I was inspired by growing up - college rock, DIY, what they used to call indie rock… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
I think the indie-rock world is very creative. They're always looking for something new, and I think of all the instruments we… — Tiesto Copy Share Image
In the beginning I was just a makeup artist and I never really pictured myself doing anything else. But now that I… — Jeffree Star Copy Share Image
A lot of the music I listen to is indie rock. It's not on the radio. — Laura Bell Bundy Copy Share Image
I'm like the Fugitive, running from the one-armed indie-rock community! — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
NME is normally associated with indie rock. It ain't something I read as a kid. — Dizzee Rascal Copy Share Image
Generally I try to read anything but indie rock journalism or anything about music at all, especially in the summer. — Emily Haines Copy Share Image
I'm so disconnected from an indie-rock community that I am the hermit people used to guess I was. — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
Indie rock is very healthy, there's a lot of diversity and a lot of creativity, but it does not have the revolutionary… — Bruce Pavitt Copy Share Image
My sound is, at its core, a mix of things. Definitely an imperfect mix, but one that incorporates elements of the music… — K. Flay Copy Share Image
Now that the generation that grew up on '80s indie-rock has attained influential positions in the culture, that music is the new… — Michael Azerrad Copy Share Image
There was no indie rock band in the 90s at the level of, like, Grizzly Bear. I listen to their records and… — Travis Morrison Copy Share Image
What's cool about indie rock is that one band can do effectively the same thing as another band, and one band nails… — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
![“Licensing is how indie rock people make a living these days, so whatever about that. But I want good films and good placement for the songs because I want to be exclusive. I don't want to just sign it away because I don't want songs to lose meaning, but I'm also...I don't care [that] Wilco sold…” quote by Justin Vernon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/745/justin-vernon-4380_care_licensing-is-how-indie-rock-people-make_317128.jpg)
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