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..

The band has a liberal philosophy - that's sort of a given..

We're playing all these weird festivals, usually outdoors..

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, commu….

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 s….

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 street….

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….

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 relat….

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 ….

I never do releases to try and make or break some contemporary band..

Hits are for squares..

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... ….

I certainly don't sit around in the morning making pancakes listening to Whitehouse or anything..

Rock'n'roll saved my soul..

Buddhism has become a socially recognized religious philosophy for Americans, whereas it used to be considered an exotic religion..

A lot of the lyrical ideas do have a lot of meaning in a way, although it is somewhat abstracted..

My mind is turning into kind of a fine gelatinous ball of pepper.

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 ….

Noise has taken the place of punk rock. People who play noise have no real aspirations to being part of the mainstream culture. Punk has been co-opte….

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 ex….

Whenever I can afford to do something, I do it..