I don't see myself as a rock star. I don't see myself in that way. I'm interested in work that offers some sort of critical dialogue. Kim Gordon criticaldialogueinterest Change image and share on social
But everything has been so gradual that it's sort of all come from, just hard work and basically being at it. Kim Gordon basicallygradualhard Change image and share on social
I just think that playing bass, like punk rock bass with a pick, wasn't meant to be done for 25 years. Kim Gordon basmeanpick Change image and share on social
I don't have any desire to do something that sounds explicitly rock. Like, I don't have a burning need to be a rock musician. I feel like I've taken that as far as I can take it, for me. Kim Gordon burndesireexplicitly Change image and share on social
I'll leave a store if I hate the music. If it's just, like, techno, I feel like my brain is going to explode. Kim Gordon brainexplodefeel Change image and share on social
I never thought about doing anything other than making art. Kim Gordon artmakethink Change image and share on social
I wasn't very confident about clothes; I was always hunting through racks, never sure what looked right. It can be like that again when you're older. Kim Gordon clotheconfidenthunt Change image and share on social
There's only so many small shows you can do. A lot of the smaller things are more side project things. Not everything is appropriate for Sonic Youth to do. Kim Gordon lotprojectshow Change image and share on social
A friend of mine introduced me to Thurston Moore because she thought I would like him. He was playing with the tallest band in the world, the Coachmen. They were sort of like Talking Heads, jangly guitar, Feelies guitar. Anyway, it was love at first sight. His band broke up that night. And we started playing. Kim Gordon bandbreakcoachman share on social
L.A. prides itself on newness or being the last frontier or just not liking old things and tearing them down to build new things. But Malibu history is interesting to me. My mom's family was one of the early families in California, so there's history going back to the 1840s or '50s. Kim Gordon 1840s50sback share on social