J Mascis Quotes

I have a couple of gold teeth. I had braces for a year but I didn't wear the retainer.

It's good to have certain restrictions sometimes, but it's definitely more fun to play really loud, with distortion.

I enjoy having some boundaries to work within. That's why I generally don't like alternate tunings and stuff like that. I like the boundaries of regular tunings.

You might as well play at the show everyone else is playing at.

Generally my songs are just some riffs slung together as an excuse for a guitar solo.

It's harder to play drums than guitar, physically. I'm always kind of on the edge. I guess that's how I play everything: on the edge of my ability.

People have to do what they want to do.

I'd definitely be into doing some zombie slaying music. That'd be cool.

It seemed so wimpy at first when I started to play [guitar]. So I started playing loud with lots of effects just to try to mimic the dynamic [of the drums]. Drums seemed a lot more expressive. [I was] Trying to emulate the feeling of playing the drums on the guitar - I guess that's why I played it so loud.

I prefer cynical people. Nice guys grow on trees.

I don't have any tattoos but I've thought about getting Ernie, from Bert and Ernie, on my earlobe. He made a big impression on me as a kid. And I have pretty big earlobes.

When I play a solo I'm just expressing that moment. It can go horribly wrong easily enough.

I have limited interests. I really like all sorts of gear. Guitar gear. Recording gear. Stuff like that. I like music, you know.

I've never liked rehearsing too much.

I've always worn earplugs, but I'm sure my hearing's not great.

All labels are offensive in some way.