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
'Europe '72' came out right around the time that I started going to see the Dead, and it had a huge impression… — Lee Ranaldo Europe 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
I have great memories of the old Times Square - wouldn't have missed being here to see that place for the world… — Lee Ranaldo City Copy Share Image
One of the key guitars in my career has been an early-Seventies Fender Telecaster Deluxe that I had before Sonic Youth started… — Lee Ranaldo Career Copy Share Image
My main pedal is the Ibanez Analog Delay, the AD9 or the AD80, whichever one it is. That's my go-to pedal for… — Lee Ranaldo Copy Share Image
I've always played acoustically - it's how I learned. I grew up listening to Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Dylan and… — Lee Ranaldo Copy Share Image
In a certain way, we felt almost like spies in the major label world. We were coming from some other world, and… — Lee Ranaldo Spies Copy Share Image
By the time Sonic Youth formed in 1981, my musical tastes had left the Dead behind, but I was always very proud… — Lee Ranaldo Different points of view 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
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
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
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
I have nothing against change or evolution, and I'm not one of those people who wants the city to be what it… — Lee Ranaldo Change 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
