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Whenever I can afford to do something, I do it.
Thurston Moore
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Thurston Moore
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: July 25
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Coral Gables
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Thurston Joseph Moore
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I grew up in the early '70s in New England.
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Buddhism has become a socially recognized religious philosophy for Americans, whereas it used to be considered an exotic religion.
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DEVO was like the punk band that non Punk America saw as Punk and so when people who were really into Punk rock would be walking around on the streets the jocks who learned about Punk through Devo would roll down their windows and yell at the Punks: 'HEY, DEVO!!'
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I certainly don't sit around in the morning making pancakes listening to Whitehouse or anything.
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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
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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.
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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.
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People see rock and roll as, as youth culture, and when youth culture becomes monopolised by big business, what are the youth to do? Do you, do you have any idea? I think we should destroy the bogus capitalist process that is destroying youth culture.
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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
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My mind is turning into kind of a fine gelatinous ball of pepper
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People... of the universe! Tonight... is the night.. when the skies will open, and spray forth a divine hand with pointed finger! And it will say... everybody... you're not just a duck... YOU ARE HUMAN! YOU ARE HUMAAAAN!!!
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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.
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I never do releases to try and make or break some contemporary band.
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Rock'n'roll saved my soul.
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Tonight I am going to defecate on stage because I think that is the only way to express the nature of my soul according to rock and roll.
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We always try to encourage more songs sung by Kim, because there are always requests for it. I certainly don't want to ball hog all the singing.
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Hits are for squares.
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The band has a liberal philosophy - that's sort of a given.
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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
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