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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

I wanted to hear the songs in the way that I had written them, which was very basic. All I wanted was drums and another guitar, and I was just going to sing.

We always try to encourage more songs sung by Kim, because there are always requests for it. I certainly don’t want to ball hog all the singing.

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.

The band has a liberal philosophy – that’s sort of a given.