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Stephen Malkmus

"Almost every band has somebody who's the main songwriter and who has a vision, a very clear idea of how a song should be."

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"Almost every band has somebody who's the main songwriter and who has a vision, a very clear idea of how a song should be."

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"I don't know what makes a guy want to write songs and sing, but if you've got a message, you want to get it across. When I come up with an idea about the way I feel, I can really state it strongly in a song."

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"Lou Reed is something like a personal favorite of mine, but you could always put me into that drawer of singers who can't really sing, who speak their songs."
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