When you do a cover it's a way to get attention clicking on something. At the Quiet Music Festival, The Jicks did this Nirvana song, very unrehearsed and not important, but then all the websites were like, "They covered Nirvana!" People like covers of famous people.
Stephen MalkmusI think it's just entertainment for people that are interested in the form. To sing along to and be psyched by.
Stephen MalkmusI've been getting plenty off my chest. Sometimes I get too much off my chest and I regret it.
Stephen MalkmusIf a voice is just too nice, without an edge, it kinda all flows by. You forget it. You don't listen to the lyrics.
Stephen Malkmus