--- title: "1 Wrote Music Quotes By Lee Ranaldo" description: "1 Wrote Music quotes by Lee Ranaldo. Plus more from Lee Ranaldo and more Wrote Music sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a9/lee-ranaldo-4745_anything_when-sonic-youth-wrote-music-we-would-re_1125707.jpg" --- > [When Sonic Youth wrote music, we would rehearse for months before anybody heard anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-ranaldo/when-sonic-youth-wrote-music-we-would-rehearse-for-months-before/) [Lee Ranaldo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-ranaldo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a9/lee-ranaldo-4745_anything_when-sonic-youth-wrote-music-we-would-re_1125707.jpg) ## More by Lee Ranaldo > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-ranaldo/we-ve-been-around-long-enough-that-there-have-certainly-been-people/) [Lee Ranaldo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-ranaldo/) > [I guess I see 'Goo' half as a really New York record because I think there are a lot of really particular New York…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-ranaldo/i-guess-i-see-goo-half-as-a-really-new-york-record-because-i-think/) [Lee Ranaldo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-ranaldo/) > [It's easier to write about a celebrity, a personality, than it is to dig in and write about the music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-ranaldo/it-s-easier-to-write-about-a-celebrity-a-personality-than-it-is-to/) [Lee Ranaldo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-ranaldo/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-ranaldo/i-have-nothing-against-change-or-evolution-and-i-m-not-one-of-those/) [Lee Ranaldo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-ranaldo/) > ['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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-ranaldo/daydream-brought-us-to-the-top-of-the-heap-of-the-indie-college/) [Lee Ranaldo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-ranaldo/) > [Signing to a major label was an experiment for us. It was a challenge: working in a big studio with a producer was a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-ranaldo/signing-to-a-major-label-was-an-experiment-for-us-it-was-a-challenge/) [Lee Ranaldo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-ranaldo/) > [New York always has a lot of creativity going on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-ranaldo/new-york-always-has-a-lot-of-creativity-going-on/) [Lee Ranaldo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-ranaldo/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-ranaldo/we-d-been-on-geffen-for-a-long-time-and-i-think-we-felt-that-we/) [Lee Ranaldo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-ranaldo/) > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-ranaldo/it-s-not-like-we-set-out-to-antagonize-the-audience-in-any-way-we-re/) [Lee Ranaldo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-ranaldo/) > [One of the things I loved - or I love still - about this Occupy movement is it's got a very gentle core. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-ranaldo/one-of-the-things-i-loved-or-i-love-still-about-this-occupy-movement/) [Lee Ranaldo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-ranaldo/) > [We got our first significant pieces of press in the 'New York Rocker' from early gigs at CBGB.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-ranaldo/we-got-our-first-significant-pieces-of-press-in-the-new-york-rocker/) [Lee Ranaldo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-ranaldo/) > [Being a guy who was a geek with tape machines in the early days and really interested in how records get made, I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-ranaldo/being-a-guy-who-was-a-geek-with-tape-machines-in-the-early-days-and/) [Lee Ranaldo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-ranaldo/) > [The world is going to end for each of us in a prescribed time, and you sort of understand that your time is limited…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-ranaldo/the-world-is-going-to-end-for-each-of-us-in-a-prescribed-time-and-you/) [Lee Ranaldo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-ranaldo/) > [My main pedal is the Ibanez Analog Delay, the AD9 or the AD80, whichever one it is. That's my go-to pedal for short delay.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-ranaldo/my-main-pedal-is-the-ibanez-analog-delay-the-ad9-or-the-ad80/) [Lee Ranaldo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-ranaldo/) > [The Strokes will never get anywhere after that first record.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-ranaldo/the-strokes-will-never-get-anywhere-after-that-first-record/) [Lee Ranaldo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-ranaldo/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wrote-music/lee-ranaldo/#itemlist", "name": "1 Wrote Music Quotes By Lee Ranaldo", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When Sonic Youth wrote music, we would rehearse for months before anybody heard anything.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lee Ranaldo" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-ranaldo/when-sonic-youth-wrote-music-we-would-rehearse-for-months-before/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a9/lee-ranaldo-4745_anything_when-sonic-youth-wrote-music-we-would-re_1125707.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a9/lee-ranaldo-4745_anything_when-sonic-youth-wrote-music-we-would-re_1125707.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a9/lee-ranaldo-4745_anything_when-sonic-youth-wrote-music-we-would-re_1125707.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When Sonic Youth wrote music, we would rehearse for months before anybody heard anything.” — Lee Ranaldo", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wrote-music/lee-ranaldo/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wrote-music/lee-ranaldo/", "name": "Wrote Music Quotes by Lee Ranaldo", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wrote-music/lee-ranaldo/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a9/lee-ranaldo-4745_anything_when-sonic-youth-wrote-music-we-would-re_1125707.jpg" }, "description": "1 Wrote Music quotes by Lee Ranaldo. 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