J Mascis's Quotes

All labels are offensive in some way.

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

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

I play a Fender Jazzmaster and three stacks and a combo, two old Marshall Plexis and a Hiwatt combo and a Hiwatt combo with Marshall cabs.

I prefer cynical people. Nice guys grow on trees.

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

I've never liked rehearsing too much.

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.

'No Bones' has some reverb that I kick around.

People have to do what they want to do.

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

You might as well play at the show everyone else is playing at.

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 was just reading about Paul Simon in 'Uncut', and it was fascinating. I never think about him much or think about his music or anything, but it's interesting to hear his ideas on stuff.

Yeah, you know, I'm always into cassette. At least they seem to be the longest-lasting medium we used to have. I don't play cassettes much anymore, but I play records all the time.