--- title: "16 Knows Quotes By Stephen Malkmus" description: "16 Knows quotes by Stephen Malkmus. Plus more from Stephen Malkmus and more Knows sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/538/stephen-malkmus-2984_best-things_i-don-t-really-know-where-the-songs-are_1816724.png" --- > [I don't really know where the songs are coming from often. Many of the best things I made up were just off…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-malkmus/i-don-t-really-know-where-the-songs-are-coming-from-often-many-of-the/) [Stephen Malkmus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-malkmus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/538/stephen-malkmus-2984_best-things_i-don-t-really-know-where-the-songs-are_1816724.png) > [I think most musicians know if they make the same record twice, even if they say they don't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-malkmus/i-think-most-musicians-know-if-they-make-the-same-record-twice-even/) [Stephen Malkmus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-malkmus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c69/stephen-malkmus-2984_ifs_i-think-most-musicians-know-if-they-make_1298692.png) > [I don't know if you look back on your life and just see successes, but probably the first things that pop up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-malkmus/i-don-t-know-if-you-look-back-on-your-life-and-just-see-successes-but/) [Stephen Malkmus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-malkmus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/689/stephen-malkmus-2984_first-things_i-don-t-know-if-you-look-back-on-your-li_1111551.png) > [Family is the best. I can honestly say, it's a gift that is beyond making art. I didn't know that when I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-malkmus/family-is-the-best-i-can-honestly-say-it-s-a-gift-that-is-beyond/) [Stephen Malkmus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-malkmus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/715/stephen-malkmus-2984_art_family-is-the-best-i-can-honestly-say-it_1893610.png) > [Besides, going on tour and playing songs and arranging things, going to practice, it's all I know to be productive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-malkmus/besides-going-on-tour-and-playing-songs-and-arranging-things-going-to/) [Stephen Malkmus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-malkmus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dea/stephen-malkmus-2984_arranging_besides-going-on-tour-and-playing-songs_1110511.png) > [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) > [It's just a compulsion to create something new and stay busy. I don't know how to do anything else. It was never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-malkmus/it-s-just-a-compulsion-to-create-something-new-and-stay-busy-i-don-t/) [Stephen Malkmus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-malkmus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e4/stephen-malkmus-2984_busy_it-s-just-a-compulsion-to-create-somethi_2393750.png) > [There's probably a certain confidence in your voice, or something, that is validated. You know what I mean? I'm just imagining if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-malkmus/there-s-probably-a-certain-confidence-in-your-voice-or-something-that/) [Stephen Malkmus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-malkmus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3de/stephen-malkmus-2984_certain_there-s-probably-a-certain-confidence-in_1712434.jpg) > [You know, the songs that are self-conscious or jerky, they are that way, but the other ones aren't, so that's a good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-malkmus/you-know-the-songs-that-are-self-conscious-or-jerky-they-are-that-way/) [Stephen Malkmus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-malkmus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5b/stephen-malkmus-2984_conscious_you-know-the-songs-that-are-self-conscio_2485278.png) > [You know, it's people's lives, so as you get a little older, your own life narrative, I guess, invades a little more.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-malkmus/you-know-it-s-people-s-lives-so-as-you-get-a-little-older-your-own/) [Stephen Malkmus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-malkmus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3db/stephen-malkmus-2984_bus_you-know-it-s-people-s-lives-so-as-you-g_1619632.png) > [ 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) > [Well, you know, it's a younger person, and it was maybe an effort to be a little more sincere and adult about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-malkmus/well-you-know-it-s-a-younger-person-and-it-was-maybe-an-effort-to-be/) [Stephen Malkmus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-malkmus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/456/stephen-malkmus-2984_adults_well-you-know-it-s-a-younger-person-and_2377705.png) > [The earlier stuff is more like "this is happening to me," but now there are more songs that are accusatory or something,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-malkmus/the-earlier-stuff-is-more-like-this-is-happening-to-me-but-now-there/) [Stephen Malkmus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-malkmus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/330/stephen-malkmus-2984_done_the-earlier-stuff-is-more-like-this-is-h_1060035.jpg) > [It's hard to think back. I didn't even know I was going to do it, make actual records. But I was always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-malkmus/it-s-hard-to-think-back-i-didn-t-even-know-i-was-going-to-do-it-make/) [Stephen Malkmus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-malkmus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/769/stephen-malkmus-2984_audience_it-s-hard-to-think-back-i-didn-t-even-kn_2400200.jpg) > [Everyone wants to be loved, generally. If you released a record and nobody said anything, if you didn't get any feedback from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-malkmus/everyone-wants-to-be-loved-generally-if-you-released-a-record-and/) [Stephen Malkmus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-malkmus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42f/stephen-malkmus-2984_feedback_everyone-wants-to-be-loved-generally-if_689514.png) > [There's no reason to stop. Who knows what's around the bend? To participate, meet new people. It's mostly other musicians and people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-malkmus/there-s-no-reason-to-stop-who-knows-what-s-around-the-bend-to/) [Stephen Malkmus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-malkmus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40f/stephen-malkmus-2984_around-the-bend_there-s-no-reason-to-stop-who-knows-what_1632592.png) ## Other authors on Knows ## 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/knows/stephen-malkmus/#itemlist", "name": "16 Knows Quotes By Stephen Malkmus", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't really know where the songs are coming from often. 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That's not so conscious, but that's part of my cosmology now.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stephen Malkmus" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-malkmus/there-s-probably-a-certain-confidence-in-your-voice-or-something-that/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3de/stephen-malkmus-2984_certain_there-s-probably-a-certain-confidence-in_1712434.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3de/stephen-malkmus-2984_certain_there-s-probably-a-certain-confidence-in_1712434.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3de/stephen-malkmus-2984_certain_there-s-probably-a-certain-confidence-in_1712434.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There's probably a certain confidence in your voice, or something, that is validated. 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It's not like we're traveling in separate buses to each show. It's a labor of love, so we just do it because we like it. 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