It's easy to be negatively funny about personalities in the media. It's just kind of a cheap laugh. — Stephen Malkmus Copy Share Image
When I was a kid I really liked the guitarist of The Doors [Robby Krieger]. He plays blues, but he plays a… — Stephen Malkmus Copy Share Image
I want to do some different kind of songs, but say I want to do riffs, but I don't come up with… — Stephen Malkmus Copy Share Image
Traditionally, when we lived here [in Portland], we have a record player in the living room, and there's lots of stuff playing,… — Stephen Malkmus Copy Share Image
Yeah, on the records, the guitars are made melodic, and I try to make it memorable. There's not much just wanking, to… — Stephen Malkmus Copy Share Image
I'd like to ghost-write Liz Phair's novel. But I don't really know about that. It seems like a dignified thing to segue… — Stephen Malkmus Copy Share Image
Like the song "Stereo", to me that's like, kind of hip-hop in that slacker way. There's some slackerisms mixed in with that… — Stephen Malkmus Copy Share Image
Every song has a different genesis, or feeling. Usually the lyrics, I don't really know what it's all about, I just kinda… — Stephen Malkmus Copy Share Image
I like a narrative, even if it's fractured, or kind of psychedelic. But my favorite thing is if I hear words and… — Stephen Malkmus Copy Share Image
One time I went to Berlin and, for some reason, everywhere I was going they had fishbowls. Like a fishbowl by your… — Stephen Malkmus Copy Share Image
I know the world doesn't need maybe another of [a particular type of song] - the same thing again - but you… — Stephen Malkmus Copy Share Image
I had another version of 'We Dance' that was kind of glam-rock. It was a little 'Taking Care of Business' mixed with… — Stephen Malkmus Copy Share Image
'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… — Stephen Malkmus Copy Share Image
What producers did was mostly recording in the studio, so it never changed our sound just that much. — Stephen Malkmus Copy Share Image
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. — Stephen Malkmus Copy Share Image
Men are men and women are women, but the men are dumber than the women, usually. — Stephen Malkmus Copy Share Image
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… — Stephen Malkmus Copy Share Image
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… — Stephen Malkmus Copy Share Image
I'm more into describing a scenario and I move around in that scenario. — Stephen Malkmus Copy Share Image
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… — Stephen Malkmus Copy Share Image
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![“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 kinds of music. I don't listen to any of those Internet radio things. I have iTunes on my thing, but I've never bought a single thing on it. Except for…” quote by Stephen Malkmus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/841/stephen-malkmus-2984_call-me_traditionally-when-we-lived-here-in-port_100182.jpg)
![“I know the world doesn't need maybe another of [a particular type of song] - the same thing again - but you can't help yourself. And some people like it, but you kind of know in your heart that it's a lesser version of what you've done before. But maybe it has a good tempo, or it feels fresh, but…” quote by Stephen Malkmus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/8ba/stephen-malkmus-2984_done_i-know-the-world-doesn-t-need-maybe-anot_2993276.jpg)
