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Thurston Joseph Moore (born July 25, 1958) is an American musician best known as a singer, songwriter and guitarist of Sonic Youth. He has also participated in many solo and group collaborations outside Sonic Youth, as well as running the Ecstatic Peace! record label. Moore was ranked 34th in Rolling Stone's 2004 edition of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time." In May 2012, Spin published a staff-selected top 100 ranking Moore and his Sonic Youth bandmate Lee Ranaldo together on number 1.

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Hits are for squares.

Squares, Hits

I wanted to hear the songs in the way that I had written them, which was, in a way, very basic. So all I wanted to have was drums and another guitar pretty much playing what I wrote on guitar, and I was just going to sing.

Guitar, Pretty, Sing, Song, Way

I have to reign myself in a lot.

Reign

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

Buddhism, Exotic, Philosophy, Recognized, Religious

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

Writing, Expression, People, Words, Youth, Involvement

I certainly don't sit around in the morning making pancakes listening to Whitehouse or anything.

Listening, Making, Morning, Pancakes, Whitehouse

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

Afford, I Can, Whenever

Each member does whatever they want with the song and it totally changes it from whatever idea I hear around it. It turns it into a Sonic Youth song and completely away from it being a solo song.

Changes, Completely, Doe, Ideas, Song

I never do releases to try and make or break some contemporary band.

Trying, Make Or Break, Band, Releases, Break

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

Aerospace, Growing Up, Happen, Pays, People, Stick

Tonight I am going to defecate on stage because I think that is the only way to express the nature of my soul according to rock and roll.

According, Defecate, Rock And Roll, Rocks, Roll, Thinking

People. . . of the universe! Tonight. . . is the night. . when the skies will open, and spray forth a divine hand with pointed finger! And it will say. . . everybody. . . you're not just a duck. . . YOU ARE HUMAN! YOU ARE HUMAAAAN!!!

Everybody, Hand, Hands, Night, Sky, Tonight

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

Abstracted, Ideas, Lyrical, Way

So lots of respect for all you boys and girls out there who tab out songs like all the time. You bring rock and roll music closer to the people. Gratefully yours

Boys, Closer, Girl, Girls, Music, Song

DEVO was like the punk band that non Punk America saw as Punk and so when people who were really into Punk rock would be walking around on the streets the jocks who learned about Punk through Devo would roll down their windows and yell at the Punks: 'HEY, DEVO!!'

America, People, Punks, Rocks

We're playing all these weird festivals, usually outdoors.

Festivals, Outdoors, Playing, Usually, Weird

Most people can't tell now who wrote what. I like that blurring of identities within the band. because it becomes a unified thing that can't be related to other forms of historical poetry

Historical, Identity, People, Related, Unified

People see rock and roll as, as youth culture, and when youth culture becomes monopolised by big business, what are the youth to do? Do you, do you have any idea? I think we should destroy the bogus capitalist process that is destroying youth culture.

Culture, Destroying, Rock And Roll, Rocks, Think, Thinking

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

70S, Early, England, Grew, Grew Up

Rock'n'roll saved my soul.

Rock N Roll, Rocks, Saved, Soul

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