The band has a liberal philosophy - that's sort of a given.

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.

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

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

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

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.

Rock'n'roll saved my soul.

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.

I have to reign myself in a lot.

Hits are for squares.

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

No day shall erase you from the memory of time

The medium obscured the message.

I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I have learnt.

Discouragement, fear, doubt, lack of self-confidence, are the germs which have killed the prosperity and happiness of tens of thousands of people.

The Christian life is a life that consists of following Jesus.

I wanted to be a teacher. My dad was a teacher.

I wake up to my three dogs and my wife in bed and the kids, and those are the best gifts that I have.

Maybe it’s the other way around,” Jason suggested. “Maybe people with special gifts show up when bad things are happening because that’s when they’re needed most.

When life gets tangled there's something so reassuring about climbing a mountain. The challenge is unambiguous.

But you know what? There's far more pain involved in rolling over, far more pain in hiding.