I don't throw my body down on the stage at all anymore because I'm sure I'd snap like a twig.More Michael Rolfe Gira quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

I went to art school and never thought I'd be a musician, but then punk rock came along in the late 70s and kind of ruined my life. So I quit art school to get involved in music and I've been doing it ever since.More Michael Rolfe Gira quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

I never could read Foucault. I find philosophy tedious. All of my knowledge comes from reading novels and some history. I read Being and Nothingness and realized that I remembered absolutely nothing when I finished it. I used to go to the library every day and read every day for eight hours. I’d dropped out of high school and had to teach myself. I read Sartre without any background. I just forced myself and I learned nothing.More Michael Rolfe Gira quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

I like loud electric guitars because I like how you can just lose your entire being in the sound.More Michael Rolfe Gira quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

Many of the songs were written as a way of paying tribute to specific people, but in the end the songs took on a life of their own and I didn't worry about accuracy or biographical truth, so it's not a problem.More Michael Rolfe Gira quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]