Stephen Malkmus

'Silence Kid' starts with a broken classic-rock intro. It's funny to hear us do that. Obviously, we weren't skillful rock stars. Then…

— Stephen Malkmus

What producers did was mostly recording in the studio, so it never changed our sound just that much.

— Stephen Malkmus

I'm better when I'm an autodidact and things just come. Or you're just blessed. I'm not bragging or anything, it just comes…

— Stephen Malkmus

Men are men and women are women, but the men are dumber than the women, usually.

— Stephen Malkmus

I am good at just looking in the kitchen and getting stuff on the table and keeping the mess minimal. There's an…

— Stephen Malkmus

Traditionally, when we lived here [in Portland], we have a record player in the living room, and there's lots of stuff playing,…

— Stephen Malkmus

The word "down," is very musical. It just always comes.

— Stephen Malkmus

I'm more into describing a scenario and I move around in that scenario.

— Stephen Malkmus

I like visual imagery in my head.

— Stephen Malkmus

I'll cover just about anything - except for a Kid Rock song.

— Stephen Malkmus

“I cannot do even one sit-up / Sit-ups are so bourgeoisie.”

— Stephen Malkmus

I like a narrative, even if it's fractured, or kind of psychedelic. But my favorite thing is if I hear words and…

— Stephen Malkmus

Freddie Gray was a story I followed closer than others, for whatever reason, in this larger narrative of police brutality.

— Stephen Malkmus

We're not on a desperate mission to write chart compatible stuff.

— Stephen Malkmus

I'm not dying for things to say.

— Stephen Malkmus

We always did our own mixing.

— Stephen Malkmus

So much of rock lyrics is just a mirror of real feeling. It doesn't feel dangerous to me. They just feel like…

— Stephen Malkmus

That's why you go to a nice studio. You can get a magic take. You don't really have to do anything to…

— Stephen Malkmus

I really do think everybody can sing.

— Stephen Malkmus

But, then again, I wouldn't call myself an indie-rock supporter even if there are some really good bands out there and there…

— Stephen Malkmus

Something taken off the page can sound great, I guess. Usually it doesn't. It seems like lately Pitchfork is trying to champion…

— Stephen Malkmus

The best I do, if I'm just playing around and riffing in a fantasy world, and then I'll write something down. Hopefully…

— Stephen Malkmus

I hated it so much as a child. I just didn't like it when punk bands went metal, it really bothered me.…

— Stephen Malkmus

If someone's really busy listening to other CDs, and worried about what's new and what's truly relevant for discourse now, maybe it…

— Stephen Malkmus

Obviously songs and musicians mean a lot to people.

— Stephen Malkmus