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 More Quotes by Stephen Malkmus More Quotes From Stephen Malkmus It's easy to be negatively funny about personalities in the media. It's just kind of a cheap laugh. Stephen Malkmus media personality laughing But we're still rehearsing and planning to make a new album next year. We have some really good new songs that we've already been playing on that last tour that we just finished. Stephen Malkmus albums song years Don't go to the same studio twice, or work with the same engineer twice. Stephen Malkmus engineers studios Lyrics are back, maybe. It seems like there was a bit of an attitude that lyrics are not important. Stephen Malkmus important seems attitude Things tends to often [consolidate] like Disney. It's the same with music. There's Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young and Patti Smith. There's these three people that everyone seems to agree on. No matter what they like, they seem to like those three. Stephen Malkmus three matter people When I see four young kids in a band, I think, That looks really fun, no matter how shitty they are. You develop your own thing, and get excited about your band name. It's all so harmless. Stephen Malkmus fun kids thinking 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 couple writing school There's no reason to stop. Who knows what's around the bend? To participate, meet new people. It's mostly other musicians and people like you, or anybody I meet who's in this, that keeps me going. Stephen Malkmus musician like-you people I've lost my writing skills since college. I couldn't write a book. It would take a long time. Stephen Malkmus college writing book It's just a compulsion to create something new and stay busy. I don't know how to do anything else. It was never exactly right. Those records came out in spite of their flaws. And because of their flaws they were good. Stephen Malkmus records flaws busy There's something in life that's cool, it's relatively cheap, and fun, and populist. Even when it's elitist. Stephen Malkmus populist elitist fun I've wanted to not play as much. I would like to just sing now. Even though I don't think I'm a great singer, I wouldn't mind just - not being a frontman, per se, but singing and not playing. Stephen Malkmus mind play thinking I know the world doesn't need maybe another of [a particular type of song] - the same thing again - but you can't help yourself. And some people like it, but you kind of know in your heart that it's a lesser version of what you've done before. But maybe it has a good tempo, or it feels fresh, but it's still not. Stephen Malkmus heart song people I want to do some different kind of songs, but say I want to do riffs, but I don't come up with any riffs that I really think are great. Then I can't do a riff album. I'm more of a song, melody person. Stephen Malkmus different song thinking When I was a kid I really liked the guitarist of The Doors [Robby Krieger]. He plays blues, but he plays a lot of melodic things. He plays scales that are kind of unusual, and some bent notes. Stephen Malkmus play doors kids My wife is a big fan of George Oppen and I got into him. I could have a career like his. It's not an alpha male situation, George Oppen. It's quiet. It's poetry.He just lived a life of an intellectual poet. Stephen Malkmus wife careers intellectual I thought The Doors were the greatest band for a while. Stephen Malkmus band doors Most people want to be seen or heard. You want to shine. That's my way of shining. Stephen Malkmus shining want people I think it's just entertainment for people that are interested in the form. To sing along to and be psyched by. Stephen Malkmus entertainment people thinking I just don't think people listen. I mean, they can't listen to a whole album closely without checking their iPhone or wanting to skip to their favorite song, or putting something else on, practically. That's why the zone out is a good thing. Stephen Malkmus song mean thinking
