I'm not a go-to-the-gym type guy. I've tried before. And I'm not a jogger. Stephen Malkmus More Quotes by Stephen Malkmus More Quotes From Stephen Malkmus I really do think everybody can sing. Stephen Malkmus thinking 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 championtakentrying [As a frontman ] I'm going to wear leather pants and get blowjobs in the studio. That would be nice. They are definitely not cool, but I like them. I don't listen to them, but I like them when I hear them on the radio, normally. Stephen Malkmus leather-pantsnicewould-be I never decided to start singing, to be a singer. Stephen Malkmus decidedsingerssinging 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 musicianamericapeople I still hate [the Eagles]…. There’s levels of evil in it to me. Stephen Malkmus eagleshateevil 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 guitargivingthinking 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 mediaviewsthinking 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 rocksmirrorsreal The lyrics are different from Nick Cave songs and lyrics. His songs are very narrative. Stephen Malkmus cavesdifferentsong I'm more into describing a scenario and I move around in that scenario. Stephen Malkmus scenariosdescribingmoving 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 reedssingerssong In the early '90s, it felt like there was space - there was like an empty feel. There was nobody really doing this. Maybe the Pixies were, a little bit. Their lyrics were also disjointed, more psychosexual or something. That's part of youth, too, maybe, that you just feel like you're doing something different. Stephen Malkmus differentspacelittles Well, yeah, I sang to some songs on the radio or in the shower. Stephen Malkmus yeahradiosong What producers did was mostly recording in the studio, so it never changed our sound just that much. Stephen Malkmus never-changeproducerssound There's no point that an album should sound like a watered down version of another album. Stephen Malkmus albumsshouldsound 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 too-muchaddsong 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 visionsongideas I don't even think my voice is really good. Stephen Malkmus voicethinking 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 indie-rockrocksreal
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