Maybe in the future I'll put out someone's one-off project, but generally I don't have time.
Michael GiraIt wouldn't interest me to try to sound like Cop or something. It would be silly and soul-crushing.
Michael GiraI used to routinely break my ribs doing stupid things onstage, but I have a healthy fear of breaking my bones now.
Michael GiraI like loud electric guitars because I like how you can just lose your entire being in the sound. But I can't find myself in a situation where our band Swans is doing typical chord progressions - it just seems clichรฉ to me. Even changing chords sounds like a clichรฉ sometimes, though it happens occasionally in our music. But you find ways to push yourself into the sound through repetition. It doesn't stay the same. It morphs constantly.
Michael Gira