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I grew up in the early '70s i...

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

Thurston Moore 57 quotes

I really want to do a book on...

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.

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Noise has taken the place of ...

Noise has taken the place of punk rock. People who play noise have no real aspirations to being part of the mainstream culture. Punk has been co-opted, and this subterranean noise music and the avant-garde folk scene have replaced it

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DEVO was like the punk band t...

DEVO was like the punk band that non Punk America saw as Punk and so when people who were really into Punk rock would be walking around on the streets the jocks who learned about Punk through Devo would roll down their windows and yell at the Punks: 'HEY, DEVO!!'

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It's hard for bands to stick ...

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

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People see rock and roll as, ...

People see rock and roll as, as youth culture, and when youth culture becomes monopolised by big business, what are the youth to do? Do you, do you have any idea? I think we should destroy the bogus capitalist process that is destroying youth culture.

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Most people can't tell now wh...

Most people can't tell now who wrote what. I like that blurring of identities within the band. because it becomes a unified thing that can't be related to other forms of historical poetry.

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I was surrounded by nature an...

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.

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Kids think of us as being tot...

Kids think of us as being totally over the hill.

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Every now and again, the alte...

Every now and again, the alternative culture is cherished by the mainstream for what it is, rather than how it should be, like the mainstream popular music.

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We always try to encourage mo...

We always try to encourage more songs sung by Kim, because there are always requests for it. I certainly don't want to ball hog all the singing.

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It's American Alternative rad...

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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Buddhism has become a sociall...

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

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Traditional songwriting, to u...

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.

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We never notate our music, so...

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

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I certainly don't sit around ...

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

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Anyone who grows up with pare...

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.

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We're all very sensitive that...

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.

Thurston Moore 57 quotes

It's hard for bands to stick ...

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.

Thurston Moore 57 quotes

Each member does whatever the...

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.

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