Stephen Malkmus Quotes
"The lyrics are different from Nick Cave songs and lyrics. His songs are very narrative."
- Stephen Malkmus
(Related: Songs)
"There's no point that an album should sound like a watered down version of another album."
- Stephen Malkmus
(Related: Sound)
"We always did our own mixing."
- Stephen Malkmus
"We were delighted to have Nigel as a producer. The only problem is that Nigel is so famous that he seems to dominate most interviews without being there."
- Stephen Malkmus
(Related: Being, Famous)
"We're not on a desperate mission to write chart compatible stuff."
- Stephen Malkmus
(Related: Mission)
"We're probably a couple of freaks who've created their own little universe, are living in our own little world and that's the only place where we can survive."
- Stephen Malkmus
(Related: Living, Universe, World)
"What producers did was mostly recording in the studio, so it never changed our sound just that much."
- Stephen Malkmus
(Related: Sound)
"If you want to be negative about the whole thing you can say all guitar bands after the Beatles were just a waste of time because the Beatles were the best. I think it's far better to give new records a try."
- Stephen Malkmus
(Related: Time, Negative, Guitar, Want, Waste)
"Well, yeah, I sang to some songs on the radio or in the shower."
- Stephen Malkmus
(Related: Songs)
"I like that band Get Hustle. They're cool live. I haven't heard their records, though."
- Stephen Malkmus
"I'm not sure if you can blame everything on the American way of life, but the United States are big. So, if you have a lot of people there, the percentage of stupid people is bound to be higher."
- Stephen Malkmus
(Related: Life, People, American, Blame, states, United)
"Lou Reed is something like a personal favorite of mine, but you could always put me into that drawer of singers who can't really sing, who speak their songs."
- Stephen Malkmus
(Related: Favorite, Songs)
"But, then again, I wouldn't call myself an indie-rock supporter even if there are some really good bands out there and there will always be some real good new bands."
- Stephen Malkmus
(Related: Will)
"I guess the majority of people who want to ban certain musicians are the ones who are so proud of everything America stands for."
- Stephen Malkmus
(Related: People, America, Majority, Musicians, Want)
"Almost every band has somebody who's the main songwriter and who has a vision, a very clear idea of how a song should be."
- Stephen Malkmus
(Related: Idea, Vision, Song)
"I never decided to start singing, to be a singer."
- Stephen Malkmus
(Related: Singing)
"I really do think everybody can sing."
- Stephen Malkmus
"I think the focus of the media changes. At the moment the more electronic stuff like trip-hop was the flavor of the month, just a little while ago. It all depends on the angle, from which point of view you see it."
- Stephen Malkmus
(Related: Focus, Media)
"I'm more into describing a scenario and I move around in that scenario."
- Stephen Malkmus
"A good voice isn't so important. It's more important to sound really unique."
- Stephen Malkmus
(Related: Sound, Voice)
"I don't even think my voice is really good."
- Stephen Malkmus
(Related: Voice)