Pavement Quotes 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…

— Stephen Malkmus

What producers did was mostly recording in the studio, so it never changed our sound just that much.

— 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.

— Stephen Malkmus

Men are men and women are women, but the men are dumber than the women, usually.

— 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…

— 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…

— Stephen Malkmus

The word "down," is very musical. It just always comes.

— Stephen Malkmus

I'm more into describing a scenario and I move around in that scenario.

— Stephen Malkmus

I like visual imagery in my head.

— Stephen Malkmus

I'll cover just about anything - except for a Kid Rock song.

— Stephen Malkmus

“I cannot do even one sit-up / Sit-ups are so bourgeoisie.”

— 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…

— Stephen Malkmus