Thurston Moore Quotes

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• Tonight I am going to defecate on stage because I think that is the only way to express the nature of my soul according to…
• My mind is turning into kind of a fine gelatinous ball of pepper
• People... of the universe! Tonight... is the night.. when the skies will open, and spray forth a divine hand with pointed finger! And it will…
• I certainly don't sit around in the morning making pancakes listening to Whitehouse or anything.
• A lot of the lyrical ideas do have a lot of meaning in a way, although it is somewhat abstracted.
• Anyone who grows up with parents who are very influential, there are cases where people run away from that if they have parents who are…
• Buddhism has become a socially recognized religious philosophy for Americans, whereas it used to be considered an exotic religion.
• Each member does whatever they want with the song and it totally changes it from whatever idea I hear around it. It turns it into…
• Every now and again, the alternative culture is cherished by the mainstream for what it is, rather than how it should be, like the mainstream…
• I grew up in the early '70s in New England.
• I have to reign myself in a lot.
• I really want to do a book on the history of the no-wave music scene in New York, how it extended out and formed lots…
• I never go back and listen to the recorded document. The thrill comes when the balance can be attained. Everyone in the room can have…
• Lyric writing is an interesting process in Sonic Youth. There's three people writing now, and we've all had a lot of interest and involvement with…
• I was surrounded by nature and trying to come to terms with this blissful nature versus the inhumane mentality of war. People were being deluded…
• It's hard for bands to stick it out because people grow up, and it never really pays off. If you're looking for some sort of…
• Whenever I can afford to do something, I do it
• Most people can't tell now who wrote what. I like that blurring of identities within the band. because it becomes a unified thing that can't…
• I wanted to hear the songs in the way that I had written them, which was very basic. All I wanted was drums and another…
• We always try to encourage more songs sung by Kim, because there are always requests for it. I certainly don't want to ball hog all…

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