J Mascis Quotes
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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.
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I've always worn earplugs, but I'm sure my hearing's not great.
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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.
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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.
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I prefer cynical people. Nice guys grow on trees.
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I've never liked rehearsing too much.
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All labels are offensive in some way.
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When I play a solo I'm just expressing that moment. It can go horribly wrong easily enough.
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I'd definitely be into doing some zombie slaying music. That'd be cool.
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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.
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I have a couple of gold teeth. I had braces for a year but I didn't wear the retainer.
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You might as well play at the show everyone else is playing at.
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It's good to have certain restrictions sometimes, but it's definitely more fun to play really loud, with distortion.
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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.
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People have to do what they want to do.
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Generally my songs are just some riffs slung together as an excuse for a guitar solo.
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