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

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

Anyone who grows up with parents who are very influential, there are cases where people run away from that if they have parents who are really lame.

Most people can't tell now who wrote what. I like that blurring of identities within the band. because it becomes a unified thing that can't be related to other forms of historical poetry

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.

We're playing all these weird festivals, usually outdoors.

Hits are for squares.