“Sometimes it takes us a long time to build up songs, and we really wor...” — Lee Ranaldo Quote

“Sometimes it takes us a long time to build up songs, and we really work the structures over and over and build in lots of noisy parts.”

“Sonic Youth played one show before we even had a drummer. It was just me, Kim, and Thurston. The lights slowly went down, and the set was just 30 minutes of feedback.”

“You look out on the street, and everyone has their heads in their phones. Nobody's really looking up at the sky or the buildings and taking the day in. I try to be conscious of it, but everybody falls prey to it.”

“I would not take a girl to a club on a Thursday. I would not take her to a really noisy, swanky restaurant.”

“I didn't like noisy cinemas when I wasn't famous.”

“I try to look after my voice. I am very aware that if I am going to be doing a voice over the next day or on the radio, not to go out to a really noisy place or shout.”