By the time Sonic Youth formed in 1981, my musical tastes had left the Dead behind, but I was always very proud… — Lee Ranaldo Copy Share Image
We've been around long enough that there have certainly been people at every stage of our career telling us about one or another record… — Lee Ranaldo Copy Share Image
I guess I see 'Goo' half as a really New York record because I think there are a lot of really particular New York… — Lee Ranaldo Copy Share Image
It's easier to write about a celebrity, a personality, than it is to dig in and write about the music. — Lee Ranaldo Copy Share Image
I have nothing against change or evolution, and I'm not one of those people who wants the city to be what it was 40… — Lee Ranaldo Copy Share Image
'Daydream' brought us to the top of the heap of the indie-college market and recognition by all of our peers; 'Daydream' kind of capped… — Lee Ranaldo Copy Share Image
Signing to a major label was an experiment for us. It was a challenge: working in a big studio with a producer was a… — Lee Ranaldo Copy Share Image
We'd been on Geffen for a long time, and I think we felt that we needed a change. I just don't think we felt… — Lee Ranaldo Copy Share Image
It's not like we set out to antagonize the audience in any way. We're just presenting our music; it's really much more innocent. — Lee Ranaldo Copy Share Image
One of the things I loved - or I love still - about this Occupy movement is it's got a very gentle core. I… — Lee Ranaldo Copy Share Image
We got our first significant pieces of press in the 'New York Rocker' from early gigs at CBGB. — Lee Ranaldo Copy Share Image
Being a guy who was a geek with tape machines in the early days and really interested in how records get made, I was… — Lee Ranaldo Copy Share Image
