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Lyrics are back, maybe. It seems like there was a bit of an attitude that lyrics are not important. — Stephen Malkmus

I like that band Get Hustle. They're cool live. I haven't heard their records, though. — Stephen Malkmus

I don't even think my voice is really good. — Stephen Malkmus

Most people want to be seen or heard. You want to shine. That's my way of shining. — Stephen Malkmus

The word "down," is very musical. It just always comes. — Stephen Malkmus

A good voice isn't so important. It's more important to sound really unique. — Stephen Malkmus

I like visual imagery in my head. — Stephen Malkmus

There's always a chance, a goal to make something different and get it right, finally. — Stephen Malkmus

I'm not dying for things to say. — Stephen Malkmus

So much of rock lyrics is just a mirror of real feeling. It doesn't feel dangerous to me. They just feel like "rock lyrics." — Stephen Malkmus

I think it's just entertainment for people that are interested in the form. To sing along to and be psyched by. — Stephen Malkmus

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

I just imagine that every song in and of itself is great, but when you add them all up, it's too much of me maybe. — Stephen Malkmus

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

Obviously songs and musicians mean a lot to people. — Stephen Malkmus

George Oppen wasn't a larger than life personality, but I'm not either. And he lived a long time, so he was happy. Going down in flames is fine, too. — Stephen Malkmus

The best I do, if I'm just playing around and riffing in a fantasy world, and then I'll write something down. Hopefully I write it down. — 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. — Stephen Malkmus

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

We always did our own mixing. — Stephen Malkmus

I'm not dying for everyone to hear everything we do. Forty minutes every two years is sensible. — Stephen Malkmus

I'm better when I'm an autodidact and things just come. Or you're just blessed. I'm not bragging or anything, it just comes to you. — Stephen Malkmus

Family is the best. I can honestly say, it's a gift that is beyond making art. I didn't know that when I got into it. — Stephen Malkmus

I don't know if you look back on your life and just see successes, but probably the first things that pop up are the regrets. — Stephen Malkmus

I've lost my writing skills since college. I couldn't write a book. It would take a long time. — Stephen Malkmus

I still hate [the Eagles] ... . There's levels of evil in it to me. — Stephen Malkmus

Something taken off the page can sound great, I guess. Usually it doesn't. It seems like lately Pitchfork is trying to champion lyric writers more. — Stephen Malkmus

Don't go to the same studio twice, or work with the same engineer twice. — Stephen Malkmus

I really do think everybody can sing. — Stephen Malkmus

That's why you go to a nice studio. You can get a magic take. You don't really have to do anything to it. — Stephen Malkmus

Men are men and women are women, but the men are dumber than the women, usually. — Stephen Malkmus

I don't really know where the songs are coming from often. Many of the best things I made up were just off the top of my head. — Stephen Malkmus

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

Some people, they've had a lot of fun, even if it was dumb fun and a shitty body of work. — Stephen Malkmus

Usually [the lyrics] go from one word to the next word - there's no finish line. The music was that way, too. — Stephen Malkmus

I didn't really like confessional poetry or things. They seemed sort of dated to me, or just corny. — Stephen Malkmus