The music takes you. It has to be alive. It's like you hammer something, and the way it happens to bleed leads you into new directions.
I'm always trying to push myself into unfamiliar places with the music, sometimes without success, I have to admit. But I'd rather be there than rely… - Michael Gira
I'm always trying to push myself into unfamiliar places with the music, sometimes without success, I have to admit. But I'd rather be there than rely…
- Michael Gira
I am definitely less and less interested in music made by people that exist today, people that are living. I just see them as part of the whole stupi… - Michael Gira
I am definitely less and less interested in music made by people that exist today, people that are living. I just see them as part of the whole stupi…
You make your work and you can't ask for approval when you're doing it. Otherwise, it's going to be untruthful in some way. - Michael Gira
You make your work and you can't ask for approval when you're doing it. Otherwise, it's going to be untruthful in some way.
At a certain age, children are total Id - they're anything but beautiful little flowers. That always interests me. The place where the ego and the su… - Michael Gira
At a certain age, children are total Id - they're anything but beautiful little flowers. That always interests me. The place where the ego and the su…
I really wanted to get to the animal core of rock music and eliminate anything that wasn't necessary. - Michael Gira
I really wanted to get to the animal core of rock music and eliminate anything that wasn't necessary.
When I first started doing the quieter, more acoustic material in Swans, there was a lot of derision and outright hatred from the audience and press,… - Michael Gira
When I first started doing the quieter, more acoustic material in Swans, there was a lot of derision and outright hatred from the audience and press,…
The sexuality of children - there's a lot friction there. That tension interests me a lot. - Michael Gira
The sexuality of children - there's a lot friction there. That tension interests me a lot.
Swans are majestic, beautiful looking creatures. With really ugly temperaments. - Michael Gira
Swans are majestic, beautiful looking creatures. With really ugly temperaments.
The goal is ecstasy, but I don't want to make some sort of saccharine pop music. I want to make something that's completely uncompromising: the best … - Michael Gira
The goal is ecstasy, but I don't want to make some sort of saccharine pop music. I want to make something that's completely uncompromising: the best …
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