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" A lot of the lyrical ideas do have a lot of meaning in a way, although it is somewhat abstracted. "
Lot
Way
Lyrical
" 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 really lame. "
Away
Parents
Up
" Buddhism has become a socially recognized religious philosophy for Americans, whereas it used to be considered an exotic religion. "
Become
Used
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 a Sonic Youth song and completely away from it being a solo song. "
Away
Changes
Solo
" 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 popular music. "
Rather
Music
Like
" I certainly don't sit around in the morning making pancakes listening to Whitehouse or anything. "
Listening
Anything
Sit
" I don't really care about, Oh I really have to sell these things. "
About
Care
Oh
" I grew up in the early '70s in New England. "
New
New England
England
" I have to reign myself in a lot. "
Reign
Lot
Myself
" I never do releases to try and make or break some contemporary band. "
Some
Try
Band
" 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 a shared, communal rock experience. "
Listen
Rock
Experience
" 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 of other things. It was such a great visual culture. "
Book
Culture
Music
" It's American Alternative radio stations that bug me. We're considered Alternative, but don't expect us to be played next to Blink 182 and Offspring. We're hardly of that generation. "
American
Radio
Generation
" 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 payoff, it's not gonna happen. "
Off
You
Looking
" 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 guitar, and I was just going to sing. "
Going
Hear
Just
" 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 by someone using the word peace. "
People
Word
Nature
" Kids think of us as being totally over the hill. "
Being
Kids
Hill
" 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 expression through words. "
Writing
Words
Process
" No one really gets rich doing this. A couple people do, Black Sabbath does. We don't sell any records anymore. "
Doing
People
Sabbath
" Rock'n'roll saved my soul. "
Saved
My Soul
Soul
" 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. "
Outside
Songwriting
Involved
" We never notate our music, so you can try to replicate it, but you don't really have it. "
Our
You
Try
" We're all very sensitive that Jim has the shortest history with the band. He wants to be somewhat of a free agent. I'm just going to let time dictate how Jim's future evolves. "
Free
Band
Time
" 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 anxious. Now our apprenticeship is over. "
Music
Better
Feel
" We're playing all these weird festivals, usually outdoors. "
Outdoors
Playing
Weird
" Whenever I can afford to do something, I do it. "
Whenever
Afford
I Can
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