We're like old people now playing music. I'm so glad we stuck it out because it's a lot better. I used to feel kind of anxious. Now our apprenticeship is over.

I'm now comfortable playing a lot of the old songs, and I've gotten out a lot of the old equipment.

Old people have a much better time in India because they're respected.

Old people have a much better time in India because they're respected.

Some old people, they remember that they used to play clarinet, and they remember the squeaks of the clarinet. But I don't play like that.

Lyric writing is an interesting process in Sonic Youth. There's three people writing now, and we've all had a lot of interest and involvement with expression through words.