Presents don't really mean MUCH to me. I don't WANT to sound mawkish, but - it was the REALIZATION that I have a great MANY PEOPLE in my life who really love me, and who I really love.

The man with a toothache THINKS EVERYONE HAPPY whose teeth are SOUND. The poverty-stricken man makes the same mistake about the rich man.

I THINK I SOUND LIKE BARRY WHITE.

The CLASH of IDEAS is the SOUND of FREEDOM.

I can't REALLY DESCRIBE my SOUND.

To me poverty, MENTAL health, and addictions don't sound like criminal JUSTICE PROBLEMS. They sound to me like a social justice problem.

Tum Tak' is a beautiful THOUGHT and is a rhythmic expression. It's been composed beautifully. It MAY SOUND EASY but is difficult to attempt or sing it live.

I think it's just funny, the things that come out of PEOPLE's mouths, whether it's a politician, whether it's an AVERAGE person on the street - and to be HONEST with you, sometimes these politicians SOUND LIKE average people on the street.

When you're onstage and the audience is smiling and singing and bopping along and you're all on the same level, it's the BEST feeling in the WORLD. It MAY SOUND dumb and CORNY to say it, but it's like pure love.

I am consciously TRYING not to MAKE it SOUND Celtic or AFRICAN.

The sound of water ESCAPING from mill DAMS, etc., willows, old ROTTEN planks, slimy posts, and brickwork, I love such things.

We INVENTED WORDS; we'll TELL you how they're SUPPOSED to SOUND.

In Bulgaria, they USE the Cyrillic alphabet, which is completely DIFFERENT from ours. You can't sound the words out, so you can't read street signs or packages in the grocery store! You have to RELY on pictures and guesses.

My writing, like everything I do, comes profoundly from my HEART. I believe that if you FOLLOW your heart you will be successful in one way or ANOTHER. Old-fashioned as that MIGHT SOUND, the philosophy is true.

I think Thurston's and my weird tunings lent Sonic Youth a very DIFFERENT sound from the get-go. In the band's 30 years - aside from covers - there are MAYBE two or three SONGS we wrote using TRADITIONAL tuning.