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I just think that playing bas...

I just think that playing bass, like punk rock bass with a pick, wasn't meant to be done for 25 years.

Kim Gordon 56 quotes

Working on art, as opposed to...

Working on art, as opposed to being in a constant collaborative state, as in a band, is something that I've always done - to a smaller degree, but it always remained a part of my integral self.

Kim Gordon 56 quotes

I think of myself as unconven...

I think of myself as unconventional, I guess. I maybe always had a problem with authority, like a stubbornness about what's expected - despite wanting to get some recognition through performing - but also not always wanting to do the expected thing.

Kim Gordon 56 quotes

I see it as more of a teenage...

I see it as more of a teenage activity than, you know, she's only 11, but you know, I think it's great that she knows so many girls who want to play music. And I see it more as a teen activity than I do as going into music.

Kim Gordon 56 quotes

You know, we have our own aud...

You know, we have our own audience, and it's not like - they just know we're not going to do certain things.

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It's hard to get hot over a p...

It's hard to get hot over a painting; there's no equivalent for teenage obsessiveness. Art obsession is ideology. Ideology can be made sexy, but it's easier in music.

Kim Gordon 56 quotes

I've never been good with str...

I've never been good with structure - doing assignments for the sake of them or doing things I'm supposed to do.

Kim Gordon 56 quotes

I never really thought of mys...

I never really thought of myself as a musician. I'm not saying Sonic Youth was a conceptual-art project for me, but in a way, it was an extension of Warhol. Instead of making criticism about popular culture, as a lot of artists do, I worked within it to do something.

Kim Gordon 56 quotes

I feel most free onstage. The...

I feel most free onstage. The audience, it's an abstraction. You don't really see anyone out there, but you feel the audience inside you.

Kim Gordon 56 quotes

I love Northampton. As exciti...

I love Northampton. As exciting and glamorous as New York can be, I'm always really relieved to get back there.

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I don't have any desire to do...

I don't have any desire to do something that sounds explicitly rock. Like, I don't have a burning need to be a rock musician. I feel like I've taken that as far as I can take it, for me.

Kim Gordon 56 quotes

I can't think about whether I...

I can't think about whether I'll disappoint Sonic Youth fans. It's not like I want people to be disappointed, but I just can't control that.

Kim Gordon 56 quotes

I grew up listening to John C...

I grew up listening to John Coltrane and jazz, so they were subtle influences. I sometimes think about doing some kind of weird jazz record, but I don't know... It's on my list of things to do. I don't want to have to then go promote it.

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And then, I was thinking of d...

And then, I was thinking of doing a record just like starting with voice, because I did this one song that was just kind of a cappella, and I did it for this art piece I did where people could come and play music to go with a voice.

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You can't be a strong or cool...

You can't be a strong or cool woman and be represented except in a harsh way, looking mean and cold and hard. It's like reverse sexism.

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In the early eighties, there ...

In the early eighties, there were a lot of artists involved with the music scene. All those young artists, before their careers took off, were into music. Robert Longo used to play some guitar. He had a band for a while. Basquiat had a band. I mean, people were always trying to mix music and art - in fact, I'm guilty of it myself.

Kim Gordon 56 quotes

It's hard to say when the lif...

It's hard to say when the life of a band starts and stops... but playing music together is an act of trust. When that's broken, it's impossible to continue.

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I've done art on my own, and ...

I've done art on my own, and I've also collaborated with other people to make art. And collaborating with other people is always interesting because you end up doing things you probably wouldn't do otherwise.

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Everyone's so interior now, t...

Everyone's so interior now, they're not really looking around them. They're on their phones.

Kim Gordon 56 quotes

Basketball and ping-pong are ...

Basketball and ping-pong are my two forms of exercise.

Kim Gordon 56 quotes

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