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title: "1 Visual Culture Quotes By Thurston Moore"
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> [I really want to do a book on the history of the no-wave music scene in New York, how it extended out and formed lots of other things. It was such a great visual culture.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thurston-moore/i-really-want-to-do-a-book-on-the-history-of-the-no-wave-music-scene/)

[Thurston Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thurston-moore/)

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## More by Thurston Moore

> [Noise has taken the place of punk rock. People who play noise have no real aspirations to being part of the mainstream culture. Punk…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thurston-moore/noise-has-taken-the-place-of-punk-rock-people-who-play-noise-have-no/)

[Thurston Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thurston-moore/)

> [It's American Alternative radio stations that bug me. We're considered Alternative, but don't expect us to be played next to Blink 182 and Offspring.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thurston-moore/it-s-american-alternative-radio-stations-that-bug-me-we-re-considered/)

[Thurston Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thurston-moore/)

> [Lyric writing is an interesting process in Sonic Youth. There's three people writing now, and we've all had a lot of interest and involvement…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thurston-moore/lyric-writing-is-an-interesting-process-in-sonic-youth-there-s-three/)

[Thurston Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thurston-moore/)

> [I was surrounded by nature and trying to come to terms with this blissful nature versus the inhumane mentality of war. People were being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thurston-moore/i-was-surrounded-by-nature-and-trying-to-come-to-terms-with-this/)

[Thurston Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thurston-moore/)

> [We're all very sensitive that Jim has the shortest history with the band. He wants to be somewhat of a free agent. I'm just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thurston-moore/we-re-all-very-sensitive-that-jim-has-the-shortest-history-with-the/)

[Thurston Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thurston-moore/)

> [I grew up in the early '70s in New England.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thurston-moore/i-grew-up-in-the-early-70s-in-new-england/)

[Thurston Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thurston-moore/)

> [Most people can't tell now who wrote what. I like that blurring of identities within the band. because it becomes a unified thing that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thurston-moore/most-people-can-t-tell-now-who-wrote-what-i-like-that-blurring-of/)

[Thurston Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thurston-moore/)

> [I wanted to hear the songs in the way that I had written them, which was, in a way, very basic. So all I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thurston-moore/i-wanted-to-hear-the-songs-in-the-way-that-i-had-written-them-which/)

[Thurston Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thurston-moore/)

> [Anyone who grows up with parents who are very influential, there are cases where people run away from that if they have parents who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thurston-moore/anyone-who-grows-up-with-parents-who-are-very-influential-there-are/)

[Thurston Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thurston-moore/)

> [It's hard for bands to stick it out because people grow up, and it never really pays off. If you're looking for some sort…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thurston-moore/it-s-hard-for-bands-to-stick-it-out-because-people-grow-up-and-it/)

[Thurston Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thurston-moore/)

> [“go forth and thrash!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thurston-moore/go-forth-and-thrash/)

[Thurston Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thurston-moore/)

> [Tonight I am going to defecate on stage because I think that is the only way to express the nature of my soul according…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thurston-moore/tonight-i-am-going-to-defecate-on-stage-because-i-think-that-is-the/)

[Thurston Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thurston-moore/)

> [We never notate our music, so you can try to replicate it, but you don't really have it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thurston-moore/we-never-notate-our-music-so-you-can-try-to-replicate-it-but-you-don/)

[Thurston Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thurston-moore/)

> [So lots of respect for all you boys and girls out there who tab out songs like all the time. You bring rock and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thurston-moore/so-lots-of-respect-for-all-you-boys-and-girls-out-there-who-tab-out/)

[Thurston Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thurston-moore/)

> [Buddhism has become a socially recognized religious philosophy for Americans, whereas it used to be considered an exotic religion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thurston-moore/buddhism-has-become-a-socially-recognized-religious-philosophy-for/)

[Thurston Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thurston-moore/)

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