--- title: "13 Kind Quotes By Stephen Malkmus" description: "13 Kind quotes by Stephen Malkmus. Plus more from Stephen Malkmus and more Kind sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7fc/stephen-malkmus-2984_comedy_it-s-easy-to-be-negatively-funny-about-p_2262202.png" --- > [It's easy to be negatively funny about personalities in the media. It's just kind of a cheap laugh.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-malkmus/it-s-easy-to-be-negatively-funny-about-personalities-in-the-media-it/) [Stephen Malkmus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-malkmus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7fc/stephen-malkmus-2984_comedy_it-s-easy-to-be-negatively-funny-about-p_2262202.png) > [I'm just kind of a hippie. Age is not that relevant to the music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-malkmus/i-m-just-kind-of-a-hippie-age-is-not-that-relevant-to-the-music/) [Stephen Malkmus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-malkmus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/186/stephen-malkmus-2984_age_i-m-just-kind-of-a-hippie-age-is-not-tha_836463.png) > [I had another version of 'We Dance' that was kind of glam-rock. It was a little 'Taking Care of Business' mixed with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-malkmus/i-had-another-version-of-we-dance-that-was-kind-of-glam-rock-it-was-a/) [Stephen Malkmus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-malkmus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ce/stephen-malkmus-2984_business_i-had-another-version-of-we-dance-that-w_2999506.png) > [I want to do some different kind of songs, but say I want to do riffs, but I don't come up with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-malkmus/i-want-to-do-some-different-kind-of-songs-but-say-i-want-to-do-riffs/) [Stephen Malkmus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-malkmus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/261/stephen-malkmus-2984_albums_i-want-to-do-some-different-kind-of-song_1804606.png) > [ When I was a kid I really liked the guitarist of The Doors \[Robby Krieger\]. He plays blues, but he plays a… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-malkmus/when-i-was-a-kid-i-really-liked-the-guitarist-of-the-doors-robby/) [Stephen Malkmus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-malkmus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82b/stephen-malkmus-2984_bent_when-i-was-a-kid-i-really-liked-the-guit_1151341.png) > [I like a narrative, even if it's fractured, or kind of psychedelic. But my favorite thing is if I hear words and…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/409/stephen-malkmus-2984_connotation_i-like-a-narrative-even-if-it-s-fracture_284349.jpg) > [Every song has a different genesis, or feeling. Usually the lyrics, I don't really know what it's all about, I just kinda…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-malkmus/every-song-has-a-different-genesis-or-feeling-usually-the-lyrics-i/) [Stephen Malkmus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-malkmus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68d/stephen-malkmus-2984_combination_every-song-has-a-different-genesis-or-fe_2541048.png) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-malkmus/like-the-song-stereo-to-me-that-s-like-kind-of-hip-hop-in-that/) [Stephen Malkmus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-malkmus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f0/stephen-malkmus-2984_alternatives_like-the-song-stereo-to-me-that-s-like-k_2353479.jpg) > [One time I went to Berlin and, for some reason, everywhere I was going they had fishbowls. Like a fishbowl by your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-malkmus/one-time-i-went-to-berlin-and-for-some-reason-everywhere-i-was-going/) [Stephen Malkmus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-malkmus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ec/stephen-malkmus-2984_kind_one-time-i-went-to-berlin-and-for-some-r_1943168.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-malkmus/i-d-like-to-ghost-write-liz-phair-s-novel-but-i-don-t-really-know/) [Stephen Malkmus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-malkmus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/120/stephen-malkmus-2984_books_i-d-like-to-ghost-write-liz-phair-s-nove_1393701.png) > [ Traditionally, when we lived here \[in Portland\], we have a record player in the living room, and there's lots of stuff playing,… ](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-malkmus/i-know-the-world-doesn-t-need-maybe-another-of-a-particular-type-of/) [Stephen Malkmus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-malkmus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ba/stephen-malkmus-2984_done_i-know-the-world-doesn-t-need-maybe-anot_2993276.png) > [Yeah, on the records, the guitars are made melodic, and I try to make it memorable. There's not much just wanking, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-malkmus/yeah-on-the-records-the-guitars-are-made-melodic-and-i-try-to-make-it/) [Stephen Malkmus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-malkmus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3b/stephen-malkmus-2984_being-honest_yeah-on-the-records-the-guitars-are-made_2026041.png) ## Other authors on Kind ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/kind/stephen-malkmus/#itemlist", "name": "13 Kind Quotes By Stephen Malkmus", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's easy to be negatively funny about personalities in the media. 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When things would get more typical rock'n'roll that was my fallback to go to those kind of lyrics instead of the alternatives.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stephen Malkmus" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-malkmus/like-the-song-stereo-to-me-that-s-like-kind-of-hip-hop-in-that/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f0/stephen-malkmus-2984_alternatives_like-the-song-stereo-to-me-that-s-like-k_2353479.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f0/stephen-malkmus-2984_alternatives_like-the-song-stereo-to-me-that-s-like-k_2353479.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f0/stephen-malkmus-2984_alternatives_like-the-song-stereo-to-me-that-s-like-k_2353479.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Like the song \"Stereo\", to me that's like, kind of hip-hop in that slacker way. 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Maybe they have human fishbowls.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stephen Malkmus" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-malkmus/one-time-i-went-to-berlin-and-for-some-reason-everywhere-i-was-going/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ec/stephen-malkmus-2984_kind_one-time-i-went-to-berlin-and-for-some-r_1943168.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ec/stephen-malkmus-2984_kind_one-time-i-went-to-berlin-and-for-some-r_1943168.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ec/stephen-malkmus-2984_kind_one-time-i-went-to-berlin-and-for-some-r_1943168.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“One time I went to Berlin and, for some reason, everywhere I was going they had fishbowls. 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I like to look out.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stephen Malkmus" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-malkmus/i-d-like-to-ghost-write-liz-phair-s-novel-but-i-don-t-really-know/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/120/stephen-malkmus-2984_books_i-d-like-to-ghost-write-liz-phair-s-nove_1393701.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/120/stephen-malkmus-2984_books_i-d-like-to-ghost-write-liz-phair-s-nove_1393701.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/120/stephen-malkmus-2984_books_i-d-like-to-ghost-write-liz-phair-s-nove_1393701.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'd like to ghost-write Liz Phair's novel. But I don't really know about that. 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