--- title: "18 Like Quotes By Kim Gordon" description: "18 Like quotes by Kim Gordon. Plus more from Kim Gordon and more Like sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f27/kim-gordon-4178_adrenaline_i-like-the-adrenaline-of-playing-improv_1713619.png" --- > [I like the adrenaline of playing improv - it makes me feel really calm.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/i-like-the-adrenaline-of-playing-improv-it-makes-me-feel-really-calm/) [Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f27/kim-gordon-4178_adrenaline_i-like-the-adrenaline-of-playing-improv_1713619.png) > [I still don't really feel like a bass player.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/i-still-don-t-really-feel-like-a-bass-player/) [Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f16/kim-gordon-4178_bass_i-still-don-t-really-feel-like-a-bass-pl_1921468.png) > [I'm a mom, but I don't always want to look just like that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/i-m-a-mom-but-i-don-t-always-want-to-look-just-like-that/) [Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/594/kim-gordon-4178_always_i-m-a-mom-but-i-don-t-always-want-to-loo_852027.png) > [I wasn't very confident about clothes; I was always hunting through racks, never sure what looked right. It can be like that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/i-wasn-t-very-confident-about-clothes-i-was-always-hunting-through/) [Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30f/kim-gordon-4178_about_i-wasn-t-very-confident-about-clothes-i_1588964.png) > [I can't think about whether I'll disappoint Sonic Youth fans. It's not like I want people to be disappointed, but I just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/i-can-t-think-about-whether-i-ll-disappoint-sonic-youth-fans-it-s-not/) [Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f39/kim-gordon-4178_about_i-can-t-think-about-whether-i-ll-disappo_1433422.png) > [You can't be a strong or cool woman and be represented except in a harsh way, looking mean and cold and hard.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/you-can-t-be-a-strong-or-cool-woman-and-be-represented-except-in-a/) [Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e99/kim-gordon-4178_cold_you-can-t-be-a-strong-or-cool-woman-and_2082748.png) > [I'm a slow learner. When people are so talented or facile at picking up an instrument and playing covers, like Yo La…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/i-m-a-slow-learner-when-people-are-so-talented-or-facile-at-picking/) [Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37d/kim-gordon-4178_admire_i-m-a-slow-learner-when-people-are-so-ta_2458112.png) > [I'll leave a store if I hate the music. If it's just, like, techno, I feel like my brain is going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/i-ll-leave-a-store-if-i-hate-the-music-if-it-s-just-like-techno-i/) [Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60d/kim-gordon-4178_brain_i-ll-leave-a-store-if-i-hate-the-music-i_1164042.png) > [I think that certainly, whenever you have a new band, the first record always has a certain energy to it before you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/i-think-that-certainly-whenever-you-have-a-new-band-the-first-record/) [Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a81/kim-gordon-4178_always_i-think-that-certainly-whenever-you-have_2527681.png) > [I never felt like I had anything really figured out. When I was a teenager, it was all about teenagers having an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/i-never-felt-like-i-had-anything-really-figured-out-when-i-was-a/) [Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/593/kim-gordon-4178_about_i-never-felt-like-i-had-anything-really_1188990.png) > [I think of myself as unconventional, I guess. I maybe always had a problem with authority, like a stubbornness about what's expected…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/i-think-of-myself-as-unconventional-i-guess-i-maybe-always-had-a/) [Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/336/kim-gordon-4178_about_i-think-of-myself-as-unconventional-i-gu_200955.jpg) > [I like that show 'Ray Donovan' - I'm obsessed with that. He's in Hollywood, he's some kind of a fixer, but he's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/i-like-that-show-ray-donovan-i-m-obsessed-with-that-he-s-in-hollywood/) [Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/832/kim-gordon-4178_also_i-like-that-show-ray-donovan-i-m-obsesse_2312265.png) > [I was very aware of performers who have a persona, whether it's Siouxsie Sioux or Patti Smith or Lydia Lunch, and I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/i-was-very-aware-of-performers-who-have-a-persona-whether-it-s/) [Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a93/kim-gordon-4178_aware_i-was-very-aware-of-performers-who-have_1832062.png) > [You're always going to feel like you're catching up, and part of that is just balancing work and motherhood and the whole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/you-re-always-going-to-feel-like-you-re-catching-up-and-part-of-that/) [Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/210/kim-gordon-4178_always_you-re-always-going-to-feel-like-you-re_348506.png) > [A friend of mine introduced me to Thurston Moore because she thought I would like him. He was playing with the tallest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/a-friend-of-mine-introduced-me-to-thurston-moore-because-she-thought/) [Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f55/kim-gordon-4178_anyway_a-friend-of-mine-introduced-me-to-thurst_1919319.png) > [Part of my desire to play music was because I wanted to escape the art world and the politics of it; the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/part-of-my-desire-to-play-music-was-because-i-wanted-to-escape-the/) [Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c5/kim-gordon-4178_art_part-of-my-desire-to-play-music-was-beca_1085351.png) > [I don't have any desire to do something that sounds explicitly rock. Like, I don't have a burning need to be a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/i-don-t-have-any-desire-to-do-something-that-sounds-explicitly-rock/) [Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7f/kim-gordon-4178_any_i-don-t-have-any-desire-to-do-something_890956.png) > [I don't even know if I always entirely get what I'm trying to say right away with lyrics. I like a lot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/i-don-t-even-know-if-i-always-entirely-get-what-i-m-trying-to-say/) [Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ed/kim-gordon-4178_always_i-don-t-even-know-if-i-always-entirely-g_1514622.jpg) ## Other authors on Like ## More by Kim Gordon > [It's hard to say when the life of a band starts and stops... but playing music together is an act of trust. When that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/it-s-hard-to-say-when-the-life-of-a-band-starts-and-stops-but-playing/) [Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/) > [I think of myself as unconventional, I guess. I maybe always had a problem with authority, like a stubbornness about what's expected - despite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/i-think-of-myself-as-unconventional-i-guess-i-maybe-always-had-a/) [Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/) > [When I was young, there was never any space for me to get attention of my own that wasn't negative. Art, and the practice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/when-i-was-young-there-was-never-any-space-for-me-to-get-attention-of/) [Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/) > [I'm not saying Sonic Youth was a conceptual-art project for me, but in a way it was an extension of Warhol. Instead of making…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/i-m-not-saying-sonic-youth-was-a-conceptual-art-project-for-me-but-in/) [Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/) > [I do retweet some of the things that people say about the things I've done, but I don't necessarily want to use it to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/i-do-retweet-some-of-the-things-that-people-say-about-the-things-i-ve/) [Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/) > [I am basically a shy person, so performing sometimes helps me focus - having all those people concentrate their attention on you. I don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/i-am-basically-a-shy-person-so-performing-sometimes-helps-me-focus/) [Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/) > [I just happened to start playing music for the conceptual ideas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/i-just-happened-to-start-playing-music-for-the-conceptual-ideas/) [Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/) > [You're always going to feel like you're catching up, and part of that is just balancing work and motherhood and the whole feeling of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/you-re-always-going-to-feel-like-you-re-catching-up-and-part-of-that/) [Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/) > [I was kind of freaked out by the art world in the 1980s. Just the money thing. All the competition over artists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/i-was-kind-of-freaked-out-by-the-art-world-in-the-1980s-just-the/) [Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/) > [Political art never goes away. I started watching The West Wing show recently and I'm actually learning about how the government works in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/political-art-never-goes-away-i-started-watching-the-west-wing-show/) [Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/) > [Sonic Youth, for better or worse, is/was a machine that carried me along through pregnancy, motherhood, and creative opportunities I never would have achieved…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/sonic-youth-for-better-or-worse-is-was-a-machine-that-carried-me/) [Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/) > [In a lot of the art world, you have to present yourself as you know what you're doing at a young age. Music gave…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/in-a-lot-of-the-art-world-you-have-to-present-yourself-as-you-know/) [Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/) > [I have a really hard time writing my own lyrics for this record, because one, I had to write so many and also I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/i-have-a-really-hard-time-writing-my-own-lyrics-for-this-record/) [Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/) > [In rock music, people have certain assumptions that it makes people more enlightened, and it really doesn't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/in-rock-music-people-have-certain-assumptions-that-it-makes-people/) [Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/) > [Because our daughters have school and it's just such a hassle going down to New York all the time, we can really only go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/because-our-daughters-have-school-and-it-s-just-such-a-hassle-going/) [Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/like/kim-gordon/#itemlist", "name": "18 Like Quotes By Kim Gordon", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I like the adrenaline of playing improv - it makes me feel really calm.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kim Gordon" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/i-like-the-adrenaline-of-playing-improv-it-makes-me-feel-really-calm/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f27/kim-gordon-4178_adrenaline_i-like-the-adrenaline-of-playing-improv_1713619.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f27/kim-gordon-4178_adrenaline_i-like-the-adrenaline-of-playing-improv_1713619.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f27/kim-gordon-4178_adrenaline_i-like-the-adrenaline-of-playing-improv_1713619.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I like the adrenaline of playing improv - it makes me feel really calm.” — Kim Gordon", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I still don't really feel like a bass player.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kim Gordon" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/i-still-don-t-really-feel-like-a-bass-player/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f16/kim-gordon-4178_bass_i-still-don-t-really-feel-like-a-bass-pl_1921468.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f16/kim-gordon-4178_bass_i-still-don-t-really-feel-like-a-bass-pl_1921468.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f16/kim-gordon-4178_bass_i-still-don-t-really-feel-like-a-bass-pl_1921468.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I still don't really feel like a bass player.” — Kim Gordon", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm a mom, but I don't always want to look just like that.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kim Gordon" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/i-m-a-mom-but-i-don-t-always-want-to-look-just-like-that/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/594/kim-gordon-4178_always_i-m-a-mom-but-i-don-t-always-want-to-loo_852027.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/594/kim-gordon-4178_always_i-m-a-mom-but-i-don-t-always-want-to-loo_852027.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/594/kim-gordon-4178_always_i-m-a-mom-but-i-don-t-always-want-to-loo_852027.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'm a mom, but I don't always want to look just like that.” — Kim Gordon", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I wasn't very confident about clothes; I was always hunting through racks, never sure what looked right. 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