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I really do think everybody can sing.

Stephen Malkmus

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Stephen Malkmus
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: May 30
Guitarist
Musician
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Songwriter
Santa Monica
California
Stephen Joseph Malkmus
Think
Thinking
Sing
Everybody
Really

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George Oppen wasn't a larger than life personality, but I'm not either. And he lived a long time, so he was happy. Going down in flames is fine, too.
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The word down, is very musical. It just always comes.
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I've been getting plenty off my chest. Sometimes I get too much off my chest and I regret it.
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I like that band Get Hustle. They're cool live. I haven't heard their records, though.
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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.
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I've lost my writing skills since college. I couldn't write a book. It would take a long time.
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I'm not dying for things to say.
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We [ Paverment] were definitely unafraid of playing wrong notes and singing wrong things. We could be fearlessly bad!
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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.
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I guess the majority of people who want to ban certain musicians are the ones who are so proud of everything America stands for.
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I didn't really like confessional poetry or things. They seemed sort of dated to me, or just corny.
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