Kim Gordon Quotes

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• 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 on…
• I mean, who made up all the rules in the culture? Men-white male corporate society. So why wouldnt a woman want to rebel against that?
• People pay to see others believe in themselves.
• Rap music is really good when you’re traumatized,
• I just happened to start playing music for the conceptual ideas
• And then, I was thinking of doing a record just like starting with voice, because I did this one song that was just kind of…
• Anyone becomes mannered if you think too much about what other people think
• I see it as more of a teenage activity than, you know, she's only 11, but you know, I think it's great that she knows…
• Women make natural anarchists and revolutionaries .
• If you don't fit into a certain type, there's a lot of strength in just being who you are.
• Unless you're singing something that's kind of in rhythm with the bass, the melodies, it's just difficult.
• There's only so many small shows you can do. A lot of the smaller things are more side project things. Not everything is appropriate for…
• Well, it was kind of accidental that Jim started playing with us, although it wasn't sudden... we hadn't really looked around to think who could…
• When Punk Rock happened, it created an opening in the culture... it made it ok to think you could play music, even though you had…
• 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 criticism…
• I just think that playing bass, like punk rock bass with a pick, wasn't meant to be done for 25 years.
• I mean, I don't even think of myself as a musician, really.
• I try not to think too much about what the audience is thinking and what they think I should do.
• It's really hard for me to sing and play bass.
• You know, we have our own audience, and it's not like - they just know we're not going to do certain things.

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