Lee Ranaldo : (6)

" I read a lot of science fiction, and it’s ingrained, in a certain way, and I’ve been very involved with Kerouac and the Beats, but before that, it was a lot of science fiction. " - Lee Ranaldo

" I’m so used to knowing what to do with an electric guitar and amplifier, but with an acoustic guitar, it’s different, but I still have an amp and a whole bunch of pedals. " - Lee Ranaldo

" I guess I see ‘Goo’ half as a really New York record because I think there are a lot of really particular New York references on it, but I also see it, for us, as the first of our records that really opened up to the larger world around us. " - Lee Ranaldo

" Sonic Youth played one show before we even had a drummer. It was just me, Kim, and Thurston. The lights slowly went down, and the set was just 30 minutes of feedback. " - Lee Ranaldo

" In the week following Sandy, we weren’t flooded, but we were without everything else – I ended up living by candlelight – no phones, no computers, no light, no power. If we took a walk at night to go and find something to eat, it was completely black, with no lights coming out of the windows, no street lights: a very apocalyptic feeling. " - Lee Ranaldo

" My solo shows require a sit-down, indoor space. " - Lee Ranaldo