“Most people want to be seen or heard. You want to shine. That's my way of shining.” Quote by Stephen Malkmus
“I was a kid, I loved music, that was our social thing. That's what we bonded on. That's what my Saturday nights were, looking to see what bands were playing. And some of those people were the coolest people ever. I want to participate in that. And I hope other people feel that and they're like, "Yeah man, this is part of it, this is why I love music."” PeopleMenWantFeelsKidsNightSocialBandYeahSaturdayMusic LoveSaturday NightI Love Music Author:Stephen Malkmus
“There's something in life that's cool, it's relatively cheap, and fun, and populist. Even when it's elitist.” FunPopulistElitist Author:Stephen Malkmus
“It's just a compulsion to create something new and stay busy. I don't know how to do anything else. It was never exactly right. Those records came out in spite of their flaws. And because of their flaws they were good.” KnowsKnow HowRecordsBusySpiteSomething NewFlawsCompulsion Author:Stephen Malkmus
“There's always a chance, a goal to make something different and get it right, finally.” DifferentGoalChance Author:Stephen Malkmus
“Besides, going on tour and playing songs and arranging things, going to practice, it's all I know to be productive.” KnowsSongPracticeProductiveArrangingArranging Things Author:Stephen Malkmus
“I've lost my writing skills since college. I couldn't write a book. It would take a long time.” WritingLongBookLostCollegeSkillsLong TimeWriting Skills Author:Stephen Malkmus
“There's no reason to stop. Who knows what's around the bend? To participate, meet new people. It's mostly other musicians and people like you, or anybody I meet who's in this, that keeps me going.” PeopleKnowsReasonLike YouMusicianNo ReasonMeeting New PeopleAround The Bend Author:Stephen Malkmus
“I did some writing. I was just taking the kids to school. I did a couple things and we did some tours. It was a lot of downtime.” WritingKidsSchoolCoupleDowntimeCouple Things Author:Stephen Malkmus
“I'm not dying for everyone to hear everything we do. Forty minutes every two years is sensible.” YearsTwoMinutesDyingFortyTwo YearsSensible Author:Stephen Malkmus
“It's hard to think back. I didn't even know I was going to do it, make actual records. But I was always making up songs, once I figured out that you could do it. I think it's pretty much the same, but there's less urge to get it moving out there. There was a time when it seemed like it was really super important to the audience and now it's just medium-important for people to like us. But that's okay.” PeopleThinkingKnowsImportantHardMovingSongAudienceRecordsOkayMediumsUrgesMaking UpMoving Out Author:Stephen Malkmus