I have my own record company. I have to answer to God, basically. I'm not young, so I want to make the… — Michael Gira Answers Copy Share Image
It's good that people come to the shows because there's nothing fashionable about Swans. Never has been, really. We've never been part… — Michael Gira Fashionable Copy Share Image
The sexuality of children - there's a lot friction there. That tension interests me a lot. — Michael Gira Children Copy Share Image
I wanted to challenge myself and move into something new. I felt that using the name Swans and the sonic attitude that… — Michael Gira Attitude Copy Share Image
When I walk around New York now, there are so many ghosts. I find it very uncomfortable. There were many hard years,… — Michael Gira Associates Copy Share Image
I'm just as comfortable performing solo with just my acoustic guitar and vocal as I am with a band. The main thing… — Michael Gira Acoustic guitar Copy Share Image
I'm a producer in the old-school way - not just some slacker working on Pro Tools. — Michael Gira Old school Copy Share Image
I like loud electric guitars because I like how you can just lose your entire being in the sound. But I can't… — Michael Gira Electric Copy Share Image
“An oiled young stud does sit-ups on his Soloflex machine, eviscerates himself with an impossibly honed and gleaming kitchen knife, flings his… — Michael Gira Children Copy Share Image
“I never could read Foucault. I find philosophy tedious. All of my knowledge comes from reading novels and some history. I read… — Michael Gira Absolutely nothing Copy Share Image
“I like Sade. I’m re-reading Juliette. I skip the philosophy and read the salacious bits. His descriptive imagination is incredible.” — Michael Gira Philosophy Copy Share Image
I don't throw my body down on the stage at all anymore because I'm sure I'd snap like a twig. — Michael Gira Body Copy Share Image
Many of the songs were written as a way of paying tribute to specific people, but in the end the songs took… — Michael Gira Accuracy Copy Share Image
I'm pretty confident that people are going to come along for the ride. If they don't, tough. — Michael Gira Along for the ride Copy Share Image
I could never release something on the label I didn't personally love. The label's really an extension of my own musical career,… — Michael Gira Aspect Copy Share Image
I went to art school and never thought I'd be a musician, but then punk rock came along in the late 70s… — Michael Gira Art Copy Share Image
As far as playing playing festivals and everything, I feel like that's what I was born to do. I'm an entertainer, hopefully… — Michael Gira Born Copy Share Image
The music takes you. It has to be alive. It's like you hammer something, and the way it happens to bleed leads… — Michael Gira Alive Copy Share Image
At a certain age, children are total Id - they're anything but beautiful little flowers. That always interests me. The place where… — Michael Gira Age Copy Share Image
When I drink a Glass of water, it's thick and crawling with life. My mouth leads to the interior of my body… — Michael Gira Biology Copy Share Image
I'm the band leader. That's not to say that the other people are my minions - they all put in a tremendous… — Michael Gira Amount Copy Share Image
I'm more interested in pulling out strands of joy from both myself and the audience. I'm not saying the music or songs… — Michael Gira Audience Copy Share Image
I never wrote poetry, just prose. I don't really consider songwriting a form of poetry either. The words are important, of course,… — Michael Gira Courses Copy Share Image
