Sonic Youth played one show before we even had a drummer. It was just me, Kim, and Thurston. The lights slowly went… — Lee Ranaldo Copy Share Image
We used to have endless discussions with journalists about that: 'Why are you calling it noise? It's not noise, it's music,' and… — Lee Ranaldo Copy Share Image
I always use the Rolling Stones as the whipping boy for this, but they still play old songs as 90% of their… — Lee Ranaldo Copy Share Image
We always operated within a sense of community not just about the band. It's important to the way we define ourselves. It's… — Lee Ranaldo Copy Share Image
I read a lot of science fiction, and it's ingrained, in a certain way, and I've been very involved with Kerouac and… — Lee Ranaldo Books Copy Share Image
I always think that, for me, being someone who comes out of electric guitar experimentation, the idea of playing acoustic guitar is,… — Lee Ranaldo Acoustic guitar Copy Share Image
I've been lucky enough to be in this amazing band, and to me, a band is really a collaborative unit, and that's… — Lee Ranaldo Amazing Copy Share Image
I've always been an acoustic guitar player, and I've pretty much continued to play acoustic guitar throughout all of the Sonic Youth… — Lee Ranaldo Acoustic guitar Copy Share Image
As far as we're concerned, we're always Sonic Youth, and we're always making a Sonic Youth record. We just see it so… — Lee Ranaldo Copy Share Image
'Europe '72' was a super influential record full of fantastic songs and amazing experimental musicianship. I always valued both of those aspects… — Lee Ranaldo Abstract Copy Share Image
Sonic Youth has a very democratic process for the most part. It almost doesn't matter who brings in an initial idea; everything… — Lee Ranaldo Copy Share Image
The world is going to end for each of us in a prescribed time, and you sort of understand that your time… — Lee Ranaldo Bed time Copy Share Image
In the week following Sandy, we weren't flooded, but we were without everything else - I ended up living by candlelight -… — Lee Ranaldo Computers Copy Share Image
We're obviously not a platinum-selling band, and yet we've managed to maintain a career on a major label through all this time,… — Lee Ranaldo Art Copy Share Image
After Hurricane Sandy, my family and I stayed in our apartment in lower Manhattan before things normalized. We're lucky enough to live… — Lee Ranaldo Acoustic guitar Copy Share Image
People assumed we called the record 'Murray Street' because of its proximity to the World Trade Centre, but that wasn't it at… — Lee Ranaldo Copy Share Image
Sonic Youth has always been the vehicle for my writing, you know, because it's a collective songwriting entity: we write our songs… — 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… — 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… — Lee Ranaldo Copy Share Image
Whenever I work on an album and the time comes to do all the artwork, the only thing I think of is… — Lee Ranaldo Day Copy Share Image
I'm married to a Canadianm so I have a lot of fond thoughts about Canada. I think about the prairies of Manitoba,… — Lee Ranaldo Canada Copy Share Image
When I first learned guitar - when I was 14 or 15 - I had an older cousin who showed me some… — Lee Ranaldo Guitar 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… — Lee Ranaldo Change Copy Share Image
We're not playing your typical guitar tuning, so there is no normal chords for us to get our footing with. We're pretty… — Lee Ranaldo Copy Share Image
I recognise that the whole issue of downloading and intellectual property rights is not an easy one, but on the whole, I'm… — Lee Ranaldo Downloading Copy Share Image
One thing I always loved about vinyl was the length of a side, around 20 or 22 minutes. That's the perfect length… — Lee Ranaldo Attention 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… — Lee Ranaldo Copy Share Image
