"It's just that when you're playing in standard tuning all the time, you're sounding pretty...standard."

"It’s hard to imagine where we would be without Sonic Youth. It’s unlikely another smart post-punk band founded around…"

"Sonic Youth albums aren’t as popular now as they were in the days of cassettes. That’s because now it’s a lot easier …"

"No artist did more for noise rock’s reputation — or for that matter noise’s reputation — than Sonic Youth. They broug…"

"Hailing from Long Island, New York, with noise rock stalwarts Sonic Youth, Lee Ranaldo and Thurston Moore sought to t…"

"Perhaps even more than Joni [Mitchell], trying to summarize the music of Sonic Youth with just one tuning is an exerc…"

"Each one of the world’s teachers when they come are misunderstood, and the first thing we do is strike out at them, b…"

"Oh hummingbird Mankind was waiting for you to come flying along Heavenly songbird We were so wrong we've harmed you O…"

"See the curtains hangin' in the window In the evening on a Friday night A little light a-shinin' through the window L…"

"Makes no difference Where you are Day or nighttime You're like a shining star How could I Shine without you When it's…"