“There's no point that an album should sound like a watered down version of another album.” ShouldSoundAlbumsVersionsNo Point Author:Stephen Malkmus
“What producers did was mostly recording in the studio, so it never changed our sound just that much.” SoundChangedStudiosProducersNever Change Author:Stephen Malkmus
“I like a narrative, even if it's fractured, or kind of psychedelic. But my favorite thing is if I hear words and I close my eyes and the connotations or the image I get in my head, combine with the sound of them - sometimes phonetics. I'm just stringing those together.” IfsKindSometimesEyeTogetherSoundMy FavoriteNarrativePsychedelicFavorites ThingsConnotationPhonetics Author:Stephen Malkmus
“I'm thinking, I'm singing like Ozzy Osbourne, but I don't sound like him enough, ever.” ThinkingEnoughSoundSinging Author:Stephen Malkmus
“Something taken off the page can sound great, I guess. Usually it doesn't. It seems like lately Pitchfork is trying to champion lyric writers more.” TryingSeemsSoundTakenPagesChampionPitchforks Author:Stephen Malkmus
“A good voice isn't so important. It's more important to sound really unique.” ImportantSoundVoiceUnique Author:Stephen Malkmus