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If 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

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Lou Reed is something like a personal favorite of mine, but you could always put me into that drawer of singers who can't really sing, who speak their songs.
Stephen Malkmus

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But, then again, I wouldn't call myself an indie-rock supporter even if there are some really good bands out there and there will always be some real good new bands.
Stephen Malkmus

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We're not on a desperate mission to write chart compatible stuff.
Stephen Malkmus

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We were delighted to have Nigel as a producer. The only problem is that Nigel is so famous that he seems to dominate most interviews without being there.
Stephen Malkmus

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I guess the majority of people who want to ban certain musicians are the ones who are so proud of everything America stands for.
Stephen Malkmus

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The lyrics are different from Nick Cave songs and lyrics. His songs are very narrative.
Stephen Malkmus

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A good voice isn't so important. It's more important to sound really unique.
Stephen Malkmus

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If you want to be negative about the whole thing you can say all guitar bands after the Beatles were just a waste of time because the Beatles were the best. I think it's far better to give new records a try.
Stephen Malkmus

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There's no point that an album should sound like a watered down version of another album.
Stephen Malkmus

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What producers did was mostly recording in the studio, so it never changed our sound just that much.
Stephen Malkmus

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