Ty Segall

There's nothing harder than making a mellow, clean record. It's really scary. I can see why people would never want to do…

— Ty Segall

No one deserves anything more than anybody else. Because of that fact, you treat everyone the exact same way as best as…

— Ty Segall

The 'Manipulator' record was really fun to do. It was far less heavy and draining, in an emotional way. It was just…

— Ty Segall

People spend hours constantly checking and tweeting and Facebooking. And it's cool to check up on your friends and see what's going…

— Ty Segall

I'm a pretty young person, but I think you need a little life experience to actually say something.

— Ty Segall

All these kids who are growing up on Skrillex and all this digital music- what are they gonna think when they hear…

— Ty Segall

Madonna was my favorite when I was a little kid.

— Ty Segall

Any reality-TV show on MTV is gonna be fake and stupid.

— Ty Segall

To me, rock n' roll is rock n' roll. I try to think of it as that. To me, Funkadelic and Metallica…

— Ty Segall

With Spotify and all those streaming services, you don't get paid anything. You have to be, like, Madonna or something to actually…

— Ty Segall

I'm just a total nerd, in all honesty. I'm a massive, insane record fan - that's how I got into playing music.…

— Ty Segall

I really like proto-metal, so stuff like Pentagram is really great, and that's more in the vein of Sabbath and stuff like…

— Ty Segall

I tend to write songs critiquing myself. The best way for me to deal with stuff is to write a song about…

— Ty Segall

Usually, I'm over-analyzing things that have to do with my own actions.

— Ty Segall

When I sit down and try to write lyrics first - I've definitely done that in the past - but most of…

— Ty Segall

A CCR Headcleaner show will blow your mind.

— Ty Segall

A lot of bands are influenced by other bands, and that informs their songwriting for sure. It definitely informs my songwriting, too.…

— Ty Segall

I think 'Freedom's Goblin' is a very political title.

— Ty Segall

Some of the best records are the ones that really affect you the most - they're pure emotion and energy, and it's…

— Ty Segall

I was sick of fast, aggressive music; I felt like I needed to make a poppy thing. But, right now, I feel…

— Ty Segall

I really wanna make hip-hop music, but I don't know how to use any of the tools. Electronic, computer skills, I don't…

— Ty Segall

What excites me is the idea of doing a record that's pretty clean and focused on songs. I've rushed a lot with…

— Ty Segall

I listened to oldies radio stations as a kid; lots of Kinks and Beatles and '50s hits.

— Ty Segall

I love the weird overdub style, like 'The Madcap Laughs' by Syd Barrett, where you can tell it's being overdubbed and it's…

— Ty Segall

To me, success has already happened. I get to make records and live doing that. Success is that.

— Ty Segall