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Top 25 Thurston Moore Quotes (2025 Update)

Thurston Moore Quote: “Rock’n’roll saved my soul.”

1. “Rock’n’roll saved my soul.”

— Thurston Moore

Thurston Moore Quote: “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.”

2. “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

Thurston Moore Quote: “My mind is turning into kind of a fine gelatinous ball of pepper.”

3. “My mind is turning into kind of a fine gelatinous ball of pepper.”

— Thurston Moore

Thurston Moore Quote: “Noise has taken the place of punk rock. People who play noise have no real aspirations to being part of the mainstream culture. Punk has been co-opted, and this subterranean noise music and the avant-garde folk scene have replaced it.”

4. “Noise has taken the place of punk rock. People who play noise have no real aspirations to being part of the mainstream culture. Punk has been co-opted, and this subterranean noise music and the avant-garde folk scene have replaced it.”

— Thurston Moore

Thurston Moore Quote: “I have to reign myself in a lot.”

5. “I have to reign myself in a lot.”

— Thurston Moore

Thurston Moore Quote: “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.”

6. “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

Thurston Moore Quote: “Buddhism has become a socially recognized religious philosophy for Americans, whereas it used to be considered an exotic religion.”

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

— Thurston Moore

Thurston Moore Quote: “A lot of the lyrical ideas do have a lot of meaning in a way, although it is somewhat abstracted.”

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

— Thurston Moore

Thurston Moore Quote: “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.”

9. “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.”

— Thurston Moore

Thurston Moore Quote: “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.”

10. “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.”

— Thurston Moore

Thurston Moore Quote: “Whenever I can afford to do something, I do it.”

11. “Whenever I can afford to do something, I do it.”

— Thurston Moore

Thurston Moore Quote: “Hits are for squares.”

12. “Hits are for squares.”

— Thurston Moore

Thurston Moore Quote: “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.”

13. “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.”

— Thurston Moore

Thurston Moore Quote: “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.”

14. “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.”

— Thurston Moore

Thurston Moore Quote: “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.”

15. “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

Thurston Moore Quote: “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.”

16. “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

Thurston Moore Quote: “I grew up in the early ’70s in New England.”

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

— Thurston Moore

Thurston Moore Quote: “I was surrounded by nature and trying to come to terms with this blissful nature versus the inhumane mentality of war. People were being deluded by someone using the word peace.”

18. “I was surrounded by nature and trying to come to terms with this blissful nature versus the inhumane mentality of war. People were being deluded by someone using the word peace.”

— Thurston Moore

Thurston Moore Quote: “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.”

19. “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.”

— Thurston Moore

Thurston Moore Quote: “I certainly don’t sit around in the morning making pancakes listening to Whitehouse or anything.”

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

— Thurston Moore

Thurston Moore Quote: “We’re playing all these weird festivals, usually outdoors.”

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

— Thurston Moore

Thurston Moore Quote: “The band has a liberal philosophy – that’s sort of a given.”

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

— Thurston Moore

Thurston Moore Quote: “Anyone who grows up with parents who are very influential, there are cases where people run away from that if they have parents who are really lame.”

23. “Anyone who grows up with parents who are very influential, there are cases where people run away from that if they have parents who are really lame.”

— Thurston Moore

Thurston Moore Quote: “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.”

24. “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.”

— Thurston Moore

Thurston Moore Quote: “I never do releases to try and make or break some contemporary band.”

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

— Thurston Moore

Thurston Moore Quote: “I never go back and listen to the recorded document. The thrill comes when the balance can be attained. Everyone in the room can have a shared, communal rock experience.”

26. “I never go back and listen to the recorded document. The thrill comes when the balance can be attained. Everyone in the room can have a shared, communal rock experience.”

— Thurston Moore

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