 Buddhism has become a socially recognized religious philosophy for Americans, whereas it used to be considered an exotic religion. |
| I was surrounded by nature and trying to come to terms with this blissful nature versus the inhumane mentality of war. People were being deluded by someone using the word peace. |
| I never go back and listen to the recorded document. The thrill comes when the balance can be attained. Everyone in the room can have a shared, communal rock experience. |
| I wanted to hear the songs in the way that I had written them, which was very basic. All I wanted was drums and another guitar, and I was just going to sing. |
| Kids think of us as being totally over the hill. |
| A lot of the lyrical ideas do have a lot of meaning in a way, although it is somewhat abstracted. |
| We're playing all these weird festivals, usually outdoors. |
| No one really gets rich doing this. A couple people do, Black Sabbath does. We don't sell any records anymore. |
| Most people can't tell now who wrote what. I like that blurring of identities within the band. because it becomes a unified thing that can't be related to other forms of historical poetry. |
| Whenever I can afford to do something, I do it. |
| I don't really care about, Oh I really have to sell these things. |
| Traditional songwriting, to us, is where the experimental nature comes in. We're all involved with so much outside activity with really hardcore, experimental music-making. |
| It's hard for bands to stick it out because people grow up, and it never really pays off. If you're looking for some sort of payoff, it's not gonna happen. |
| Each member does whatever they want with the song and it totally changes it from whatever idea I hear around it. It turns it into a Sonic Youth song and completely away from it being a solo song. |
| Rock'n'roll saved my soul. |
| I have to reign myself in a lot. |
| Anyone who grows up with parents who are very influential, there are cases where people run away from that if they have parents who are really lame. |
| We never notate our music, so you can try to replicate it, but you don't really have it. |
| We're like old people now playing music. I'm so glad we stuck it out because it's a lot better. I used to feel kind of anxious. Now our apprenticeship is over. |
| I certainly don't sit around in the morning making pancakes listening to Whitehouse or anything. |
