Lyric writing is an interesting process in Sonic Youth. There's three people writing now, and we've all had a lot of interest and involvement with expression through words

My mind is turning into kind of a fine gelatinous ball of pepper

A lot of the lyrical ideas do have a lot of meaning in a way, although it is somewhat abstracted.

I really want to do a book on the history of the no-wave music scene in New York, how it extended out and formed lots of other things. It was such a great visual culture.

The band has a liberal philosophy - that's sort of a given.

I was surrounded by nature and trying to come to terms with this blissful nature versus the inhumane mentality of war. People were being deluded by someone using the word peace

Hits are for squares.