Stephen Malkmus Quotes

American - Musician | May 30, 1966 -

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

LifePeopleBlameStupidAmerican

Pop music catches on like a meme. It just takes a little bit of tinder, and it can become a phenomenon. You have to break through that wall a little bit. Why it happens, I don't really know.

Stephen Malkmus

MusicYouWallKnowWhyBecome

I listen to things that are popular and try to think about it in a mathematical way.

Stephen Malkmus

ThinkWayTryListenThingsPopular

What producers did was mostly recording in the studio, so it never changed our sound just that much.

Stephen Malkmus

NeverSoundRecordingJustChanged

Well, yeah, I sang to some songs on the radio or in the shower.

Stephen Malkmus

RadioShowerWellSongsSomeYeah

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

WorldSurviveUniversePlaceLiving

We're not on a desperate mission to write chart compatible stuff.

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MissionWriteDesperateStuffChart

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

FamousProblemBeing ThereWithout

We always did our own mixing.

Stephen Malkmus

AlwaysOwnOurDidMixing

There's no point that an album should sound like a watered down version of another album.

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DownSoundPointLikeShouldAlbum

The lyrics are different from Nick Cave songs and lyrics. His songs are very narrative.

Stephen Malkmus

CaveNarrativeDifferentSongsVery

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

MeSpeakYouPersonalAlwaysSing

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