The last two records I liked playing a lot. Kim Gordon More Quotes by Kim Gordon More Quotes From Kim Gordon I always felt like an outsider to the music world in a certain way. There was so much less of an art culture in L.A. - and particularly in the South Bay. Kim Gordon cultureworldart I try not to think too much about what the audience is thinking and what they think I should do. Kim Gordon too-muchtryingthinking It's really hard for me to sing and play bass. Kim Gordon basshardplay You know, we have our own audience, and it's not like - they just know we're not going to do certain things. Kim Gordon audiencecertainknows I really like Olivier Assayas filmmaking. He always has this global - economy thing going on. Kim Gordon filmmakingeconomy No one ever questions the disorder behind her tarantula LA glamour – sociopathy, narcissism – because it’s good rock and roll, good entertainment! I have a low tolerance for manipulative, egomaniacal behaviour, and usually have to remind myself that the person might be mentally ill. Kim Gordon rock-and-rolltolerancerocks I just happened to start playing music for the conceptual ideas. Kim Gordon playing-musichappenedideas No one talks about woman power. The Spice Girls - they're masquerading as little girls. It's repulsive. Kim Gordon spicesgirllittles I tend to want to listen to melancholy music, but sometimes if you're feeling too sad, you can't. Kim Gordon wantfeelingssometimes I see it as more of a teenage activity than, you know, she's only 11, but you know, I think it's great that she knows so many girls who want to play music. And I see it more as a teen activity than I do as going into music. Kim Gordon teenagegirlthinking You're always going to feel like you're catching up, and part of that is just balancing work and motherhood and the whole feeling of needing to please, which I do think girls and women feel more than men. Kim Gordon motherhoodgirlmen I think of myself as unconventional. I maybe always had a problem with authority, like a stubbornness about what's expected - despite wanting to get some recognition through performing - but also not always wanting to do the expected thing. Kim Gordon unconventionalrecognitionthinking Unless you're singing something that's kind of in rhythm with the bass, the melodies, it's just difficult. Kim Gordon basssingingsight Fashion, at modern time, was actually a way for women to go out in the world. There was one painting of a woman sitting at a café, drinking a beer by herself and kind of pretending to read but really watching people, that sort of thing. It fascinated me. Kim Gordon fashiondrinkingbeer In The Argonauts, Maggie Nelson turns 'making the personal public' into a romantic, intellectual wet dream. A gorgeous book, inventive, fearless, and full of heart. Kim Gordon dreamheartbook Many designers are gay men making clothes for women. Sometimes I think fashion is more of a conversation between men than it is for women. Kim Gordon fashiongaymen My parents lived by Rancho Park. And my mom, later in life, got into playing golf. She and her male cronies would get up at five in the morning and sneak onto the back nine. I kind of just started getting into it. For a long time I was really puzzled by why people liked it. Kim Gordon momgolfmorning L.A. prides itself on newness or being the last frontier or just not liking old things and tearing them down to build new things. But Malibu history is interesting to me. My mom's family was one of the early families in California, so there's history going back to the 1840s or '50s. Kim Gordon mefamilymomhistory It's hard to say when the life of a band starts and stops... but playing music together is an act of trust. When that's broken, it's impossible to continue. Kim Gordon trustmusicbrokenlife But everything has been so gradual that it's sort of all come from, just hard work and basically being at it. Kim Gordon everythinghardhard-workwork
