Best 13 quotes of J Mascis on MyQuotes

All labels are offensive in some way.

Generally my songs are just some riffs slung together as an excuse for a guitar solo.

I'd definitely be into doing some zombie slaying music. That'd be cool.

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.

I have a couple of gold teeth. I had braces for a year but I didn't wear the retainer.

I have limited interests. I really like all sorts of gear. Guitar gear. Recording gear. Stuff like that. I like music, you know.

I prefer cynical people. Nice guys grow on trees.

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.

It's good to have certain restrictions sometimes, but it's definitely more fun to play really loud, with distortion.

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.

I've always worn earplugs, but I'm sure my hearing's not great.

I've never liked rehearsing too much.

When I play a solo I'm just expressing that moment. It can go horribly wrong easily enough.