Stephen Malkmus
Stephen Malkmus
Stephen Joseph Malkmus is an American musician best known as the lead singer and guitarist of the indie rock band Pavement. He currently performs with Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth30 May 1966
CitySanta Monica, CA
CountryUnited States of America
men men-and-women he-man
Men are men and women are women, but the men are dumber than the women, usually.
thinking play mind
I've wanted to not play as much. I would like to just sing now. Even though I don't think I'm a great singer, I wouldn't mind just - not being a frontman, per se, but singing and not playing.
nice magic studios
That's why you go to a nice studio. You can get a magic take. You don't really have to do anything to it.
song moving thinking
It's hard to think back. I didn't even know I was going to do it, make actual records. But I was always making up songs, once I figured out that you could do it. I think it's pretty much the same, but there's less urge to get it moving out there. There was a time when it seemed like it was really super important to the audience and now it's just medium-important for people to like us. But that's okay.
couple school kids
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.
writing world fantasy
The best I do, if I'm just playing around and riffing in a fantasy world, and then I'll write something down. Hopefully I write it down.
horse thinking opposites
If you'd rather learn how to ride a horse or something, I would say do that. That'll keep you out of trouble. You would think a band would get you in trouble, but I think it's the opposite.
people shining want
Most people want to be seen or heard. You want to shine. That's my way of shining.
thinking people entertainment
I think it's just entertainment for people that are interested in the form. To sing along to and be psyched by.
fun kids thinking
When I see four young kids in a band, I think, That looks really fun, no matter how shitty they are. You develop your own thing, and get excited about your band name. It's all so harmless.
kids player records
Traditionally, when we lived here [in Portland], we have a record player in the living room, and there's lots of stuff playing, all different kinds of music. I don't listen to any of those Internet radio things. I have iTunes on my thing, but I've never bought a single thing on it. Except for "Call Me Maybe," for the kids or whatever. Carly Rae Jepsen.
years two dying
I'm not dying for everyone to hear everything we do. Forty minutes every two years is sensible.
thinking way rewriting
I feel the most natural thing is for music to come that way because it's sort of like poetry. Though I do think with poets that I like, like Charles Olson or Ezra Pound, they were rewriting constantly, until the poem becomes a diamond.But with music I don't really feel that way.
musical
The word "down," is very musical. It just always comes.