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Michael Gira Quotes

I don’t want to sound like everybody else Picture Quote #1

I’m pretty confident that people are going to come along for the ride. If they don’t, tough Picture Quote #1

I’m the band leader. That’s not to say that the other people are my minions - they all put in a tremendous amount of personality, and push the music in ways I would never expect Picture Quote #1

I like loud electric guitars because I like how you can just lose your entire being in the sound Picture Quote #1

I used to routinely break my ribs doing stupid things onstage, but I have a healthy fear of breaking my bones now Picture Quote #1

Swans are majestic, beautiful looking creatures. With really ugly temperaments Picture Quote #1

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I’m just as comfortable performing solo with just my acoustic guitar and vocal as I am with a band. The main thing for me is that the performance remain rooted in the words and voice, that there be no place to hide Picture Quote #1

I never wrote poetry, just prose. I don’t really consider songwriting a form of poetry either. The words are important, of course, but they’re dependent on the music Picture Quote #1

Many of the songs were written as a way of paying tribute to specific people, but in the end the songs took on a life of their own and I didn’t worry about accuracy or biographical truth, so it’s not a problem Picture Quote #1

I went to art school and never thought I’d be a musician, but then punk rock came along in the late 70s and kind of ruined my life. So I quit art school to get involved in music and I’ve been doing it ever since Picture Quote #1

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I don’t want to sound like everybody else (Michael Gira Quotes) I’m pretty confident that people are going to come along for the ride. If they don’t, tough. (Michael Gira Quotes) I’m the band leader. That’s not to say that the other people are my minions - they all put in a tremendous amount of personality, and push the music in ways I would never expect. (Michael Gira Quotes) I like loud electric guitars because I like how you can just lose your entire being in the sound (Michael Gira Quotes) I used to routinely break my ribs doing stupid things onstage, but I have a healthy fear of breaking my bones now. (Michael Gira Quotes) Swans are majestic, beautiful looking creatures. With really ugly temperaments (Michael Gira Quotes) I’m just as comfortable performing solo with just my acoustic guitar and vocal as I am with a band. The main thing for me is that the performance remain rooted in the words and voice, that there be no place to hide (Michael Gira Quotes) I never wrote poetry, just prose. I don’t really consider songwriting a form of poetry either. The words are important, of course, but they’re dependent on the music (Michael Gira Quotes) Many of the songs were written as a way of paying tribute to specific people, but in the end the songs took on a life of their own and I didn’t worry about accuracy or biographical truth, so it’s not a problem (Michael Gira Quotes) I went to art school and never thought I’d be a musician, but then punk rock came along in the late 70s and kind of ruined my life. So I quit art school to get involved in music and I’ve been doing it ever since (Michael Gira Quotes)