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Plants that wake when others sleep. Timid jasmine buds that keep their fragrance to themselves all day, but when the sunlight dies away let the delicious secret out to every breeze that roams about. ↗

— Thomas Moore

#about #all day #away #breeze #buds

Every now and again, the alternative culture is cherished by the mainstream for what it is, rather than how it should be, like the mainstream popular music. ↗

— Thurston Moore

#alternative #cherished #culture #every #how

I grew up in the early '70s in New England. ↗

— Thurston Moore

#england #grew #i #new #new england

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. ↗

— Thurston Moore

#culture #extended #formed #great #history

It's American Alternative radio stations that bug me. We're considered Alternative, but don't expect us to be played next to Blink 182 and Offspring. We're hardly of that generation. ↗

— Thurston Moore

#american #blink #bug #considered #expect

It's hard for bands to stick it out because people grow up, and it never really pays off. If you're looking for some sort of payoff, it's not gonna happen. ↗

— Thurston Moore

#because #gonna #grow #grow up #happen

I always pull over for people who need a push. ↗

— Esai Morales

#i #i always #need #over #people

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. ↗

— Thurston Moore

#had #interest #interesting #involvement #lot

Traditional songwriting, to us, is where the experimental nature comes in. We're all involved with so much outside activity with really hardcore, experimental music-making. ↗

— Thurston Moore

#comes #experimental #hardcore #involved #mental nature

We never notate our music, so you can try to replicate it, but you don't really have it. ↗

— Thurston Moore

#never #our #our music #really #replicate