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> [If you start out with a song sounding like Britney Spears, and you end up with a song sounding like Pauline Oliveros, you'd better have pretty good liner notes explaining what on earth you mean.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephin-merritt/if-you-start-out-with-a-song-sounding-like-britney-spears-and-you-end/)

[Stephin Merritt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephin-merritt/)

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## More by Stephin Merritt

> [The adventure is when people don't know what they're doing at all. Like, I think that the first pop band to use synthesizers as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephin-merritt/the-adventure-is-when-people-don-t-know-what-they-re-doing-at-all/)

[Stephin Merritt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephin-merritt/)

> [I gave up music criticism because of the increasingly obvious conflict of interest. I couldn't say anything bad about the records when I might…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephin-merritt/i-gave-up-music-criticism-because-of-the-increasingly-obvious/)

[Stephin Merritt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephin-merritt/)

> [Well, things hold up even if they sound dated. It can be very difficult to listen to 80s pop songs with really, really gigantic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephin-merritt/well-things-hold-up-even-if-they-sound-dated-it-can-be-very-difficult/)

[Stephin Merritt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephin-merritt/)

> [There are only so many instruments you can layer on top of each other that aren't perfectly electronically programmed. "Long Vermont Roads" just cannot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephin-merritt/there-are-only-so-many-instruments-you-can-layer-on-top-of-each-other/)

[Stephin Merritt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephin-merritt/)

> [Popular music of the last 50 years has failed to keep in step with advances in musical theater, namely Stephen Sondheim. But the two…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephin-merritt/popular-music-of-the-last-50-years-has-failed-to-keep-in-step-with/)

[Stephin Merritt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephin-merritt/)

> [Well, hardcore is so much about the body, in that you have to play as fast as possible. I'm not sure it can be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephin-merritt/well-hardcore-is-so-much-about-the-body-in-that-you-have-to-play-as/)

[Stephin Merritt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephin-merritt/)

> [I write songs by sitting around in bars, so drinking songs are a little obvious. It's surprising that I don't write entirely drinking songs,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephin-merritt/i-write-songs-by-sitting-around-in-bars-so-drinking-songs-are-a/)

[Stephin Merritt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephin-merritt/)

> [There's a whole kind of melancholy that you can only attain with reverb. That's an example of a technology introducing a whole new meaning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephin-merritt/there-s-a-whole-kind-of-melancholy-that-you-can-only-attain-with/)

[Stephin Merritt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephin-merritt/)

> [You know, most love songs are not cheesy and corny. Most love songs are complaints, I think. Or about unrequited love, coming at it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephin-merritt/you-know-most-love-songs-are-not-cheesy-and-corny-most-love-songs-are/)

[Stephin Merritt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephin-merritt/)

> [I don't think there are any clichés I try to avoid. As soon as I spot a cliché, I go for it. I feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephin-merritt/i-don-t-think-there-are-any-clich-s-i-try-to-avoid-as-soon-as-i-spot/)

[Stephin Merritt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephin-merritt/)

> [Okay, a truly great song is a song that makes its own aesthetic intentions clear and then lives up to them and exceeds them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephin-merritt/okay-a-truly-great-song-is-a-song-that-makes-its-own-aesthetic/)

[Stephin Merritt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephin-merritt/)

> [If you want to write a love song, you need to not try to write it for a particular person in a particular situation.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephin-merritt/if-you-want-to-write-a-love-song-you-need-to-not-try-to-write-it-for/)

[Stephin Merritt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephin-merritt/)

> [My mother says I have boring percussion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephin-merritt/my-mother-says-i-have-boring-percussion/)

[Stephin Merritt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephin-merritt/)

> [I can imagine lyrics becoming better written by smart machines rather than stupid musicians. Songwriters generally have nothing to say. They may as well…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephin-merritt/i-can-imagine-lyrics-becoming-better-written-by-smart-machines-rather/)

[Stephin Merritt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephin-merritt/)

> [Serious music isn't listened to in a casual setting. You don't want to listen to that in headphones on the subway.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephin-merritt/serious-music-isn-t-listened-to-in-a-casual-setting-you-don-t-want-to/)

[Stephin Merritt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephin-merritt/)

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