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title: "13 You Quotes By Kim Gordon"
description: "13 You quotes by Kim Gordon. Plus more from Kim Gordon and more You sayings from other authors."
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> [It's amazing how many things you can do when you're just pretending.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/it-s-amazing-how-many-things-you-can-do-when-you-re-just-pretending/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01a/kim-gordon-4178_amazing_it-s-amazing-how-many-things-you-can-do_1565305.png)

> [You can't be a strong or cool woman and be represented except in a harsh way, looking mean and cold and hard.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/you-can-t-be-a-strong-or-cool-woman-and-be-represented-except-in-a/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e99/kim-gordon-4178_cold_you-can-t-be-a-strong-or-cool-woman-and_2082748.png)

> [I wasn't very confident about clothes; I was always hunting through racks, never sure what looked right. It can be like that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/i-wasn-t-very-confident-about-clothes-i-was-always-hunting-through/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30f/kim-gordon-4178_about_i-wasn-t-very-confident-about-clothes-i_1588964.png)

> [I think that certainly, whenever you have a new band, the first record always has a certain energy to it before you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/i-think-that-certainly-whenever-you-have-a-new-band-the-first-record/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a81/kim-gordon-4178_always_i-think-that-certainly-whenever-you-have_2527681.png)

> [I am basically a shy person, so performing sometimes helps me focus - having all those people concentrate their attention on you.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/i-am-basically-a-shy-person-so-performing-sometimes-helps-me-focus/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8c/kim-gordon-4178_am_i-am-basically-a-shy-person-so-performin_268561.png)

> [You're always going to feel like you're catching up, and part of that is just balancing work and motherhood and the whole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/you-re-always-going-to-feel-like-you-re-catching-up-and-part-of-that/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/210/kim-gordon-4178_always_you-re-always-going-to-feel-like-you-re_348506.png)

> [It's really hard for me to sing and play bass. Unless you're singing something that's kind of in rhythm with the bass,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/it-s-really-hard-for-me-to-sing-and-play-bass-unless-you-re-singing/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c5/kim-gordon-4178_bass_it-s-really-hard-for-me-to-sing-and-play_3124784.png)

> [I've done art on my own, and I've also collaborated with other people to make art. And collaborating with other people is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/i-ve-done-art-on-my-own-and-i-ve-also-collaborated-with-other-people/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aec/kim-gordon-4178_also_i-ve-done-art-on-my-own-and-i-ve-also-co_1144617.jpg)

> [After you've graduated, you're supposed to be an adult and go out into the world, and you're still not formed. It's an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/after-you-ve-graduated-you-re-supposed-to-be-an-adult-and-go-out-into/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40b/kim-gordon-4178_adult_after-you-ve-graduated-you-re-supposed-t_1884216.png)

> [I feel most free onstage. The audience, it's an abstraction. You don't really see anyone out there, but you feel the audience…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/i-feel-most-free-onstage-the-audience-it-s-an-abstraction-you-don-t/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bbb/kim-gordon-4178_abstraction_i-feel-most-free-onstage-the-audience-it_1964127.png)

> [In a lot of the art world, you have to present yourself as you know what you're doing at a young age.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/in-a-lot-of-the-art-world-you-have-to-present-yourself-as-you-know/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c94/kim-gordon-4178_age_in-a-lot-of-the-art-world-you-have-to-pr_479825.png)

> [Part of my desire to play music was because I wanted to escape the art world and the politics of it; the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/part-of-my-desire-to-play-music-was-because-i-wanted-to-escape-the/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c5/kim-gordon-4178_art_part-of-my-desire-to-play-music-was-beca_1085351.png)

> [I try not to think too much about what the audience is thinking and what they think I should do. I'd be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/i-try-not-to-think-too-much-about-what-the-audience-is-thinking-and-2/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cb/kim-gordon-4178_about_i-try-not-to-think-too-much-about-what-t_2041654.png)

## Other authors on You

## More by Kim Gordon

> [It's hard to say when the life of a band starts and stops... but playing music together is an act of trust. When that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/it-s-hard-to-say-when-the-life-of-a-band-starts-and-stops-but-playing/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

> [I think of myself as unconventional, I guess. I maybe always had a problem with authority, like a stubbornness about what's expected - despite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/i-think-of-myself-as-unconventional-i-guess-i-maybe-always-had-a/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

> [When I was young, there was never any space for me to get attention of my own that wasn't negative. Art, and the practice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/when-i-was-young-there-was-never-any-space-for-me-to-get-attention-of/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

> [I'm not saying Sonic Youth was a conceptual-art project for me, but in a way it was an extension of Warhol. Instead of making…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/i-m-not-saying-sonic-youth-was-a-conceptual-art-project-for-me-but-in/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

> [I do retweet some of the things that people say about the things I've done, but I don't necessarily want to use it to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/i-do-retweet-some-of-the-things-that-people-say-about-the-things-i-ve/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

> [I am basically a shy person, so performing sometimes helps me focus - having all those people concentrate their attention on you. I don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/i-am-basically-a-shy-person-so-performing-sometimes-helps-me-focus/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

> [I just happened to start playing music for the conceptual ideas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/i-just-happened-to-start-playing-music-for-the-conceptual-ideas/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

> [You're always going to feel like you're catching up, and part of that is just balancing work and motherhood and the whole feeling of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/you-re-always-going-to-feel-like-you-re-catching-up-and-part-of-that/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

> [I was kind of freaked out by the art world in the 1980s. Just the money thing. All the competition over artists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/i-was-kind-of-freaked-out-by-the-art-world-in-the-1980s-just-the/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

> [Political art never goes away. I started watching The West Wing show recently and I'm actually learning about how the government works in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/political-art-never-goes-away-i-started-watching-the-west-wing-show/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

> [Sonic Youth, for better or worse, is/was a machine that carried me along through pregnancy, motherhood, and creative opportunities I never would have achieved…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/sonic-youth-for-better-or-worse-is-was-a-machine-that-carried-me/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

> [In a lot of the art world, you have to present yourself as you know what you're doing at a young age. Music gave…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/in-a-lot-of-the-art-world-you-have-to-present-yourself-as-you-know/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

> [I have a really hard time writing my own lyrics for this record, because one, I had to write so many and also I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/i-have-a-really-hard-time-writing-my-own-lyrics-for-this-record/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

> [In rock music, people have certain assumptions that it makes people more enlightened, and it really doesn't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/in-rock-music-people-have-certain-assumptions-that-it-makes-people/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

> [Because our daughters have school and it's just such a hassle going down to New York all the time, we can really only go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/because-our-daughters-have-school-and-it-s-just-such-a-hassle-going/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

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