Kim Gordon Thinking Quotations

Anyone becomes mannered if you think too much about what other people think

And then, I was thinking of doing a record just like starting with voice, because I did this one song that was just kind of a cappella, and I did it for this art piece I did where people could come and play music to go with a voice

I see it as more of a teenage activity than, you know, she's only 11, but you know, I think it's great that she knows so many girls who want to play music. And I see it more as a teen activity than I do as going into music.

I mean, I don't even think of myself as a musician, really.

I just think that playing bass, like punk rock bass with a pick, wasn't meant to be done for 25 years.

I try not to think too much about what the audience is thinking and what they think I should do.

Well, it was kind of accidental that Jim started playing with us, although it wasn't sudden... we hadn't really looked around to think who could be a fifth member.

There is something wonderful about singing and writing music, I think there is something special about creativity and the ability humans have in that area.

The love for a child is more an unconditional sort of love ... Although some parents are really narcissistic. In general, I think there is an expectation that love will be unconditional, but obviously it's not - even after living with someone for years.

I'm aware of how pop culture really infiltrates your expectations in a way that even if you think you're savvy about pop culture, it's so hard not to have these expectations of what a relationship should be. So I constantly feel like I have to bat those expectations down.

I think of myself as unconventional. I maybe always had a problem with authority, like a stubbornness about what's expected - despite wanting to get some recognition through performing - but also not always wanting to do the expected thing.

When Punk Rock happened, it created an opening in the culture... it made it ok to think you could play music, even though you had no musical training.