Quotes by J Mascis - Page 1

All labels are offensive in some way.
J Mascis / Musician
Labels
Offensive
Way
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I've never liked rehearsing too much.
J Mascis / Musician
Rehearsing
Too Much
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People have to do what they want to do.
J Mascis / Musician
People
Want
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'No Bones' has some reverb that I kick around.
J Mascis / Musician
Bones
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I prefer cynical people. Nice guys grow on trees.
J Mascis / Musician
Cynical
Nice
People
Prefer
Guys
Nice Guys
Trees
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You might as well play at the show everyone else is playing at.
J Mascis / Musician
Might
Play
Shows
Everyone Else
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I've always worn earplugs, but I'm sure my hearing's not great.
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Hearing
Worn
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I'd definitely be into doing some zombie slaying music. That'd be cool.
J Mascis / Musician
Being Cool
Slaying
Zombie
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Generally my songs are just some riffs slung together as an excuse for a guitar solo.
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Excuse
Guitar
Solo
Song
Together
Generally
Riffs
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I have a couple of gold teeth. I had braces for a year but I didn't wear the retainer.
J Mascis / Musician
Braces
Couple
Gold
Gold Teeth
Teeth
Years
Retainer
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When I play a solo I'm just expressing that moment. It can go horribly wrong easily enough.
J Mascis / Musician
Enough
Moments
Play
Solo
Easily
Wrong
Expressing
Horribly
Moment
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It's good to have certain restrictions sometimes, but it's definitely more fun to play really loud, with distortion.
J Mascis / Musician
Distortion
Fun
Loud
Play
Sometimes
Restrictions
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I have limited interests. I really like all sorts of gear. Guitar gear. Recording gear. Stuff like that. I like music, you know.
J Mascis / Musician
Gears
Guitar
Stuff
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I play a Fender Jazzmaster and three stacks and a combo, two old Marshall Plexis and a Hiwatt combo and a Hiwatt combo with Marshall cabs.
J Mascis / Musician
Fender
Marshall
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Usually I like to have them, but going drum-less pushes everything in a new direction and makes it easier to keep things sounding different.
J Mascis / Musician
Easier
Direction
New Direction
Pushes
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It's harder to play drums than guitar, physically. I'm always kind of on the edge. I guess that's how I play everything: on the edge of my ability.
J Mascis / Musician
Guitar
Harder
Kind
Play
Physically
Drums
Edge
Play Drums
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I enjoy having some boundaries to work within. That's why I generally don't like alternate tunings and stuff like that. I like the boundaries of regular tunings.
J Mascis / Musician
Boundaries
Stuff
Tuning
Alternate
Generally
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I don't have any tattoos but I've thought about getting Ernie, from Bert and Ernie, on my earlobe. He made a big impression on me as a kid. And I have pretty big earlobes.
J Mascis / Musician
Kids
Made
Tattoo
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Yeah, you know, I'm always into cassette. At least they seem to be the longest-lasting medium we used to have. I don't play cassettes much anymore, but I play records all the time.
J Mascis / Musician
Records
Yeah
Time Always Know
Anymore
Cassette
Medium
Seem
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I was just reading about Paul Simon in 'Uncut', and it was fascinating. I never think about him much or think about his music or anything, but it's interesting to hear his ideas on stuff.
J Mascis / Musician
Fascinating
Ideas
Interesting
Reading
Hear
Paul
Paul Simon
Simon
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It seemed so wimpy at first when I started to play [guitar]. So I started playing loud with lots of effects just to try to mimic the dynamic [of the drums]. Drums seemed a lot more expressive. [I was] Trying to emulate the feeling of playing the drums on the guitar - I guess that's why I played it so loud.
J Mascis / Musician
Feelings
Guitar
Play
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