I'm more interested in pulling out strands of joy from both myself and the audience. I'm not saying the music or songs are "light," just that when they're performed with the correct commitment it's a source of real pleasure, for… — Michael Gira Copy Share Image
I have my own record company. I have to answer to God, basically. I'm not young, so I want to make the best possible… — Michael Gira Copy Share Image
It's good that people come to the shows because there's nothing fashionable about Swans. Never has been, really. We've never been part of a… — Michael Gira Copy Share Image
The sexuality of children - there's a lot friction there. That tension interests me a lot. — Michael Gira Copy Share Image
I wanted to challenge myself and move into something new. I felt that using the name Swans and the sonic attitude that that engenders… — Michael Gira Copy Share Image
When I walk around New York now, there are so many ghosts. I find it very uncomfortable. There were many hard years, and I… — Michael Gira Copy Share Image
I'm just as comfortable performing solo with just my acoustic guitar and vocal as I am with a band. The main thing for me… — Michael Gira Copy Share Image
I'm a producer in the old-school way - not just some slacker working on Pro Tools. — Michael Gira Copy Share Image
I like loud electric guitars because I like how you can just lose your entire being in the sound. But I can't find myself… — Michael Gira Copy Share Image
“An oiled young stud does sit-ups on his Soloflex machine, eviscerates himself with an impossibly honed and gleaming kitchen knife, flings his dangling intestines… — Michael Gira Copy Share Image
“I never could read Foucault. I find philosophy tedious. All of my knowledge comes from reading novels and some history. I read Being and… — Michael Gira Copy Share Image
“I like Sade. I’m re-reading Juliette. I skip the philosophy and read the salacious bits. His descriptive imagination is incredible.” — Michael Gira Copy Share Image
I don't throw my body down on the stage at all anymore because I'm sure I'd snap like a twig. — Michael Gira Copy Share Image
