194 Quotes by Stephen Malkmus

There's always a chance, a goal to make something different and get it right, finally.

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.

Family is the best. I can honestly say, it’s a gift that is beyond making art. I didn’t know that when I got into it.

I’m not dying for things to say.

If there can be some paradigm shift thing that you can be part of, that’s cool.

A good voice isn’t so important. It’s more important to sound really unique.

I’m better when I’m an autodidact and things just come. Or you’re just blessed. I’m not bragging or anything, it just comes to you.

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.

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.