We’d been on Geffen for a long time, and I think we felt that we needed a change. I just don’t think we felt very close to the people at the label after all this time or that they understood what we were trying to do. I don’t have any regrets, because at the time we signed with Geffen, it was the right thing to do. Lee Ranaldo Read Quote
It’s easier to write about a celebrity, a personality, than it is to dig in and write about the music. Lee Ranaldo Read Quote
We used to have endless discussions with journalists about that: ‘Why are you calling it noise? It’s not noise, it’s music,’ and make references to everybody from John Cage to whoever. Lee Ranaldo Read Quote
We always operated within a sense of community not just about the band. It’s important to the way we define ourselves. It’s the entire world in which we operate. Lee Ranaldo Read Quote
Sometimes, for me, lyrics are derived from poems that I’m working on, and they kind of cross back and forth between the two. Lee Ranaldo Read Quote
I have nothing against change or evolution, and I’m not one of those people who wants the city to be what it was 40 years ago or whatever, because that’s not what New York is, really. Lee Ranaldo Read Quote
One of the things I loved – or I love still – about this Occupy movement is it’s got a very gentle core. I mean, it’s really decidedly nonviolent in the face of all kinds of situations. Lee Ranaldo Read Quote
Obviously, Sonic Youth has been a huge part of my life for many, many years, and I love all those guys dearly. Lee Ranaldo Read Quote
