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Music Quotes by Thurston Moore
- 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 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…
- So lots of respect for all you boys and girls out there who tab out songs like all the time. You bring rock and roll…
- Noise has taken the place of punk rock. People who play noise have no real aspirations to being part of the mainstream culture. Punk has…
- Traditional songwriting, to us, is where the experimental nature comes in. We're all involved with so much outside activity with really hardcore, experimental music-making.
- We never notate our music, so you can try to replicate it, but you don't really have it.
- We're like old people now playing music. I'm so glad we stuck it out because it's a lot better. I used to feel kind of…
More Music Quotes
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- I don't want to limit myself musically. It would be really limiting if we'd neglect something we really want to do, like… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- Music - that's been my education. There's not a day that goes by that I take it for granted. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- There are a lot of bands who claim to be punk and they only play the music, they have no clue what… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- For some young people, their first experience ever hearing punk rock music was playing the Green Bay Packers on 'Madden'. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- Musicians don't retire; they stop when there's no more music in them. — Louis Armstrong
- All music is folk music. I ain't never heard a horse sing a song. — Louis Armstrong
- What we play is life. — Louis Armstrong
- If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know. — Louis Armstrong
- We all do 'do, re, mi,' but you have got to find the other notes yourself. — Louis Armstrong