Thurston Moore Quotes

I don't really listen to the radio anymore, but some of the more contemporary people I like are Stereolab, Spiritualize, Yo La Tengo and Bedhead. There are other things too, like Pavement. They're a great band, with really good lyrics. But generally, I'm not overwhelmed by the state of indie-rock.

I was real into Devo, Pavement, Captain Beefheart, and the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion.

I kinda learned to sing singing to Echo and the Bunnymen songs and Smiths songs: Morrissey would be a big favorite.

I like alternative music, so I like to hear new bands.

Back in the day, I was definitely a child of alternative radio.

There's also a lot of gritty Americana type of bands. I actually have a lot of Britpop on my iPod, too.

When I was in college in Philly, there was a lot of post-punks... hardcore... like, rock. Sixties, retro, proto-Strokes kind of bands.

Some of my favorite artists are Jason Mraz, Eric Hutchinson, Ben Folds, Bruno Mars, Mumford and Sons, Maroon 5 - their vibe is slightly different from all the pop stuff on 'Glee,' although some do fall into that genre.

I absolutely think the Seattle grunge sound was instrumental to my music education.

I always thought of indie-rock as being rock music by bands that were on independent labels, and that's a great thing.

Dropkick Murphys get me going, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nirvana... plus, all the regular hip-hop stuff.

The band Grizzly Bear, I think they're excellent. There's a beauty and a musicality there that I wish would have been in vogue in the late '80s, when I was forming bands.

Pixies and Sonic Youth were so important to the eighties.

Guided By Voices was huge when I was 16. Then I got into the Beatles, then classical music, Beethoven.

Things that excite me are these four different bands: Wire, with a song called 'Champs,' Misfits, with a song called 'Hybrid Moments,' R. Stevie Moore, and Wipers 'Wait A Minute.'

I get a thrill meeting kids who are into alternative music.

The Strokes are one of my favorite bands... And there's this band called Future Islands that I love.

I listen to everything: The Pixies, The Beatles, The Avett Brothers.

We were fans of Green Day and Nirvana or whatever, but the bands we really loved were Chicago bands that didn't really sound anything like Alkaline Trio.

Thanks to the arrival of such spirited and purposeful groups as X, the Blasters, R.E.M., and the Replacements, American rock has made a spectacular comeback.

I got into alternative rock in the early 80s, bands like Husker Du and The Replacements. Bob Mould's playing was a huge influence. It was very heavy with a lot of open tunings, which was great because I played in trios, so I used open tunings to get a fuller sound.

I remember the first album I really completely geeked out over was The Shins' 'Wincing The Night Away.' That album was everything to me.

I really love Grimes, Niki & the Dove, stuff like that.

When my first record came out, it was in the middle of the real Muse, Keane, British thing, and that beat-driven thing wasn't really that cool at the moment.

I listen to a lot of Nashville local music, which, for the most part, is punk and grunge music but also alt-country stuff down here.