Thurston Moore quotes

Thurston Moore is an American musician, best known as the guitarist and co-founder of the influential alternative rock band Sonic Youth. His experimental approach and innovative guitar techniques have shaped modern rock music. He continues to inspire generations of artists with his boundary-pushing sound and creative collaborations. Here are 29 of his quotes:

Whenever I can afford to do something, I do it. (Thurston Moore)
Rock'n'roll saved my soul. View quote
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I certainly don't sit around in the morning making pancakes listening to Whitehouse or anything. View quote
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We never notate our music, so you can try to replicate it, but you don't really have it. View quote
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Buddhism has become a socially recognized religious philosophy for Americans, whereas it used to be considered an exotic religion. View quote
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It's American Alternative radio stations that bug me. We're considered Alternative, but don't expect us to be played next to Blink 182 and Offspring. We're hardly of that generation. View quote
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I really want to do a book on the history of the no-wave music scene in New York, how it extended out and formed lots of other things. It was such a great visual culture. View quote
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I never do releases to try and make or break some contemporary band. View quote
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A lot of the lyrical ideas do have a lot of meaning in a way, although it is somewhat abstracted. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. (Thurston Moore)
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. View quote
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Every now and again, the alternative culture is cherished by the mainstream for what it is, rather than how it should be, like the mainstream popular music. View quote
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I grew up in the early '70s in New England. View quote
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I have to reign myself in a lot. View quote
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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. View quote
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The band has a liberal philosophy - that's sort of a given. View quote
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We're playing all these weird festivals, usually outdoors. View quote
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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. View quote
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Lyric writing is an interesting process in Sonic Youth. There's three people writing now, and we've all had a lot of interest and involvement with expression through words. View quote
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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. (Thurston Moore)
No one really gets rich doing this. A couple people do, Black Sabbath does. We don't sell any records anymore. View quote
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Kids think of us as being totally over the hill. View quote
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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. View quote
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I don't really care about, Oh I really have to sell these things. View quote
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Thurston Moore

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Occupation: American Musician
Born: July 25, 1958
Quotes count: 29