Song Quotes by Thurston Moore

12 Song quotes by Thurston Moore

For anyone who’s ever chased the echo of an electric riff, Thurston Moore’s twelve observations offer a gritty look at what makes a track linger. His words echo the same experimental edge that shaped his own sound.

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The band has a liberal philosophy - that's sort of a given.

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No one really gets rich doing this. A couple people do, Black Sabbath does. We don't sell any records anymore.

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We always try to encourage more songs sung by Kim, because there are always requests for it. I certainly don't want to…

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Most people can't tell now who wrote what. I like that blurring of identities within the band. because it becomes a unified…

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Noise has taken the place of punk rock. People who play noise have no real aspirations to being part of the mainstream…

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So lots of respect for all you boys and girls out there who tab out songs like all the time. You bring…

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I wanted to hear the songs in the way that I had written them, which was, in a way, very basic. So…

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Each member does whatever they want with the song and it totally changes it from whatever idea I hear around it. It…

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We're all very sensitive that Jim has the shortest history with the band. He wants to be somewhat of a free agent.…

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It's hard for bands to stick it out because people grow up, and it never really pays off. If you're looking for…

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DEVO was like the punk band that non Punk America saw as Punk and so when people who were really into Punk…

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I wanted to hear the songs in the way that I had written them, which was very basic. All I wanted was…

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“go forth and thrash!”

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Tonight I am going to defecate on stage because I think that is the only way to express the nature of my soul according…

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