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" 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. "

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" 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. "

Thurston Moore

Writing

Words

Process

" 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. "

" I don't really care about, Oh I really have to sell these things. "

Thurston Moore

About

Care

" Rock'n'roll saved my soul. "

" 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. "

" We're playing all these weird festivals, usually outdoors. "

" We never notate our music, so you can try to replicate it, but you don't really have it. "

" A lot of the lyrical ideas do have a lot of meaning in a way, although it is somewhat abstracted. "

" Buddhism has become a socially recognized religious philosophy for Americans, whereas it used to be considered an exotic religion. "

" I have to reign myself in a lot. "

" I certainly don't sit around in the morning making pancakes listening to Whitehouse or anything. "

" I never do releases to try and make or break some contemporary band. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Kids think of us as being totally over the hill. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Whenever I can afford to do something, I do it. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

Thurston Moore

Away

Parents

" I grew up in the early '70s in New England. "

" No one really gets rich doing this. A couple people do, Black Sabbath does. We don't sell any records anymore. "