Top 28 Quotes by Thurston Moore

Whenever I can afford to do something, I do it.

Rock'n'roll saved my soul.

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.

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.

No one really gets rich doing this. A couple people do, Black Sabbath does. We don't sell any records anymore.

Kids think of us as being totally over the hill.

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

I never go back and listen to the recorded document. The thrill comes when the balance can be attained. Everyone in the room can have a shared, communal rock experience.

Buddhism has become a socially recognized religious philosophy for Americans, whereas it used to be considered an exotic religion.

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.