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

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

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

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

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

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

Stephen Malkmus quotes: When a band means a lot to you, you build the fantasy more than the reality. Always.

When a band means a lot to you, you build the fantasy more than the reality. Always.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Stephen Malkmus quotes: I never decided to start singing, to be a singer.

I never decided to start singing, to be a singer.

Stephen Malkmus quotes: I like visual imagery in my head.

I like visual imagery in my head.

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

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

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

I'm not dying for things to say.

Stephen Malkmus quotes: 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."

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

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

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

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

Stephen Malkmus quotes: If a voice is just too nice, without an edge, it kinda all flows by. You forget it. You don't listen to the lyrics.

If a voice is just too nice, without an edge, it kinda all flows by. You forget it. You don't listen to the lyrics.

Stephen Malkmus quotes: 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.

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 quotes: I guess the majority of people who want to ban certain musicians are the ones who are so proud of everything America stands for.

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 quotes: We [ Paverment] were definitely unafraid of playing wrong notes and singing wrong things. We could be fearlessly bad!

We [ Paverment] were definitely unafraid of playing wrong notes and singing wrong things. We could be fearlessly bad!

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

Obviously songs and musicians mean a lot to people.

Stephen Malkmus quotes: 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.

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 quotes: 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.

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 quotes: There's something in life that's cool, it's relatively cheap, and fun, and populist. Even when it's elitist.

There's something in life that's cool, it's relatively cheap, and fun, and populist. Even when it's elitist.

Stephen Malkmus quotes: If there can be some paradigm shift thing that you can be part of, that's cool.

If there can be some paradigm shift thing that you can be part of, that's cool.

Stephen Malkmus quotes: I thought The Doors were the greatest band for a while.

I thought The Doors were the greatest band for a while.

Stephen Malkmus quotes: 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.

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 quotes: Despite my own doubts of being marketable or crushworthy, my goal was to write a record of peppy pop songs, hopefully without annoying anybody.

Despite my own doubts of being marketable or crushworthy, my goal was to write a record of peppy pop songs, hopefully without annoying anybody.

Stephen Malkmus quotes: You don't realize that when you're young, and you're surprised there's a lot of people at your gig - you just think it's general British-press hype.

You don't realize that when you're young, and you're surprised there's a lot of people at your gig - you just think it's general British-press hype.

Stephen Malkmus quotes: I'm more into describing a scenario and I move around in that scenario.

I'm more into describing a scenario and I move around in that scenario.

Stephen Malkmus quotes: Besides, going on tour and playing songs and arranging things, going to practice, it's all I know to be productive.

Besides, going on tour and playing songs and arranging things, going to practice, it's all I know to be productive.

Stephen Malkmus quotes: 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.

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

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

Stephen Malkmus quotes: I'm thinking, I'm singing like Ozzy Osbourne, but I don't sound like him enough, ever.

I'm thinking, I'm singing like Ozzy Osbourne, but I don't sound like him enough, ever.

Stephen Malkmus quotes: We're not on a desperate mission to write chart compatible stuff.

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

Stephen Malkmus quotes: Basically, no one else gives me any opinions on lyrics. I don't ask for them. If they did, I would listen.

Basically, no one else gives me any opinions on lyrics. I don't ask for them. If they did, I would listen.

Stephen Malkmus quotes: If you have no shame, and it's your goal to get people into bed, how much higher could your success rate possibly be?

If you have no shame, and it's your goal to get people into bed, how much higher could your success rate possibly be?

Stephen Malkmus quotes: 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.

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 quotes: Don't go to the same studio twice, or work with the same engineer twice.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Stephen Malkmus quotes: 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.

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 quotes: Men are men and women are women, but the men are dumber than the women, usually.

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

Stephen Malkmus quotes: 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.

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 quotes: I really do think everybody can sing.

I really do think everybody can sing.

Stephen Malkmus quotes: 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.

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 quotes: 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.

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 quotes: I still hate [the Eagles] ... . There's levels of evil in it to me.

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

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

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

Stephen Malkmus quotes: 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.

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

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

Stephen Malkmus quotes: We always did our own mixing.

We always did our own mixing.

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

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