Stephen Malkmus
Stephen Malkmus

'Summer Babe' is the start of Pavement front-loading their albums with the catchiest song first.

Stephen Malkmus
Stephen Malkmus

I wouldn't say that 'Wowee Zowee' was a success. We probably had a chance, had I focused a little more, to capitalize on the attention the band got for 'Crooked Rain.'

Stephen Malkmus
Stephen Malkmus

I listen to things that are popular and try to think about it in a mathematical way.

Stephen Malkmus
Stephen Malkmus

Pop music catches on like a meme. It just takes a little bit of tinder, and it can become a phenomenon. You have to break through that wall a little bit. Why it happens, I don't really know.

Stephen Malkmus
Stephen Malkmus

I know why Migos are popular - they're good, and they make great videos, and they're funny.

Stephen Malkmus
Stephen Malkmus

When you get older, you have to wrestle with what's appropriate behavior a little bit more. Am I not acting too old or too young?

Stephen Malkmus
Stephen Malkmus

Freddie Gray was a story I followed closer than others, for whatever reason, in this larger narrative of police brutality.