“With lyrics for me, it's usually musically-based. It's not really poetry- or writer-based. It's rock-based. It doesn't mean that I'm aping rock lyrics, but I'm writing from a music standpoint. I'm thinking more of music heroes, if they're in my mind. Not William Blake or John Ashbury. Sometimes maybe I thought of him a little bit. Or Wallace Stevens. I don't even really fully understand either of them.” IfsThinkingWritingMindMeanLittlesSometimesBitsRocksHeroLittle BitStandpointBlake Author:Stephen Malkmus
“I just don't think people listen. I mean, they can't listen to a whole album closely without checking their iPhone or wanting to skip to their favorite song, or putting something else on, practically. That's why the zone out is a good thing.” PeopleThinkingMeanWholeSongGood ThingsAlbumsZoneIphoneSkipFavorite Song Author:Stephen Malkmus
“Оur music, it's an acquired taste. It's almost cult, even at our level. It can mean nothing to somebody and it can mean everything to somebody else.” MeanLevelsTasteCultAcquired Taste Author:Stephen Malkmus
“When a band means a lot to you, you build the fantasy more than the reality. Always.” MeanRealityFantasyBand Author:Stephen Malkmus
“There's probably a certain confidence in your voice, or something, that is validated. You know what I mean? I'm just imagining if people didn't already say that you were cool, that you'd [have] more doubt in what you're doing. That's not so conscious, but that's part of my cosmology now.” PeopleIfsKnowsMeanCertainVoiceDoubtConsciousCosmology Author:Stephen Malkmus
“Every song has a different genesis, or feeling. Usually the lyrics, I don't really know what it's all about, I just kinda do it. I mean, there's a combination of, like you're saying, that kind of lyrics about commitment or vaguely relationship lyrics mixed with jokey 90s Beck-style non-sequiturs and stuff.” KnowsKindMeanDifferentFeelingsSongStuffStyleLike YouCommitmentCombinationGenesis Author:Stephen Malkmus
“I'm sort of socially inept, so music is my way to connect to people. It's a means of socializing and having a life. Otherwise I wouldn't bother. I would just make home recordings and play them for myself. And that's not really healthy.” PeopleMeanHomeHealthyMusic IsMy WayBother Author:Stephen Malkmus
