--- title: "10 Me Quotes By Kim Gordon" description: "10 Me quotes by Kim Gordon. Plus more from Kim Gordon and more Me 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 never really thought of myself as a musician. I'm not saying Sonic Youth was a conceptual-art project for me, but in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/i-never-really-thought-of-myself-as-a-musician-i-m-not-saying-sonic/) [Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/007/kim-gordon-4178_about_i-never-really-thought-of-myself-as-a-mu_1551792.png) > [Sonic Youth, for better or worse, is/was a machine that carried me along through pregnancy, motherhood, and creative opportunities I never would…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fef/kim-gordon-4178_achieved_sonic-youth-for-better-or-worse-is-was-a_428648.jpg) > [I am basically a shy person, so performing sometimes helps me focus - having all those people concentrate their attention on you.…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8c/kim-gordon-4178_am_i-am-basically-a-shy-person-so-performin_268561.png) > [It's really hard for me to sing and play bass. Unless you're singing something that's kind of in rhythm with the bass,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/it-s-really-hard-for-me-to-sing-and-play-bass-unless-you-re-singing/) [Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c5/kim-gordon-4178_bass_it-s-really-hard-for-me-to-sing-and-play_3124784.png) > [L.A. prides itself on newness or being the last frontier or just not liking old things and tearing them down to build…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/l-a-prides-itself-on-newness-or-being-the-last-frontier-or-just-not/) [Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebb/kim-gordon-4178_back_l-a-prides-itself-on-newness-or-being-th_1375624.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'm kind of a sloppy feminist. Any ideology makes me a little nervous because there's some point where it doesn't allow for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/i-m-kind-of-a-sloppy-feminist-any-ideology-makes-me-a-little-nervous/) [Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/556/kim-gordon-4178_allow_i-m-kind-of-a-sloppy-feminist-any-ideolo_2043781.png) > [In a lot of the art world, you have to present yourself as you know what you're doing at a young age.…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c94/kim-gordon-4178_age_in-a-lot-of-the-art-world-you-have-to-pr_479825.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) ## Other authors on Me ## 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/me/kim-gordon/#itemlist", "name": "10 Me Quotes By Kim Gordon", "numberOfItems": 10, "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 never really thought of myself as a musician. 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