“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
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
In indie rock, there's the phenomenon of: "Oh, this guy seems totally normal, but he's actually crazy." There's more of that out… — Tom Scharpling Copy Share Image
“I remember the summer of 1996, at a drunken wedding with one of my professors, a Hendrix-freak baby boomer, when he was… — Rob Sheffield 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 real critical of myself. I think a lot of what I've done is boring indie rock. I didn't intend it to… — Bradford Cox Copy Share Image
I've always found that whatever you say about indie rock, it is the most inclusive genre or title for anything. It doesn't… — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
NME is normally associated with indie rock. It ain't something I read as a kid. — Dizzee Rascal Copy Share Image
Indie rock is just as susceptible - if not more susceptible - to all the gross things about people becoming total ass… — Justin Vernon Copy Share Image
I played in rock bands in college and then right out of college I moved over to Europe and lived in Ireland… — Bill Watterson 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
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
I've always found that whatever you say about indie rock, it is the most inclusive genre or title for anything. It doesn't… — Andrew Bird 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
When we first came out it was this happy accident, and I was sort of into hardcore at the time. Jordan our… — Chad Gilbert 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
To begin with, the key principle of American indie rock wasn't a circumscribed musical style; it was the punk ethos of DIY,… — Michael Azerrad Copy Share Image
I can pour myself into Bon Iver. It's a thing about self- and mental discovery, and those are all important things. But… — Justin Vernon Copy Share Image
You kind of have to be like " What have you been working the last five years for? Why are you complaining?"… — Mac DeMarco 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
I lived in London for a long time, and that's a pretty white town. In Toronto, I just ended up in this… — Bryan Lee O'Malley Copy Share Image
If I like hardcore straight-edge punk music, gentle psychedelic folk music, gangster rap, indie-rock with a lot of guitar pedals, and I… — Jeffrey Lewis Copy Share Image
People who like progressive music tend to sneer at the idea of a kind of punk aesthetic, and people who like alternative… — Steven Wilson Copy Share Image
I'm like the Fugitive, running from the one-armed indie-rock community! — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
