Quote of the Day (Kim Gordon, on NYC in the 1980s)

“Now that I no longer live in New York, I don't know if I could ever move back. All that young-girl idealism is someone else's now. That city I know doesn’t exist anymore, and it’s more alive in my head than it is when I’m there.” —American musician, songwriter, and visual artist Kim Gordon, on 1980s New York, in Girl in a Band: A Memoir (2015)

Kim Gordon was born in Rochester, N.Y., 65 years ago today. The frontwoman of Sonic Youth, she has, in recent years, following her divorce from bandmate Thurston Moore, lived in Los Angeles. But New York City—or, at least, the one she remembers—retains, it’s clear to see, an enormous claim on this rock 'n' roller's rebel spirit.

Quote of the Day (Kim Gordon, on the End of Her Band and Marriage)

“My about-to-be-ex husband and I faced that mass of bobbing wet Brazilians, our voices together spell-checking the old words, and for me it was a staccato soundtrack of surreal raw energy and anger and pain: Hit it. Hit it. Hit it. I don’t think I had ever felt so alone in my whole life.” —Kim Gordon, Girl in a Band: A Memoir (2015)

Quote of the Day (Kim Gordon, on Marriage and a Rock Band’s Life)

“Marriage is a long conversation, someone once said, and maybe so is a rock band’s life.  A few minutes later, both were done.”— Kim Gordon, Girl in a Band:  A Memoir (2015)