In Sonic Youth, at the end of 'Expressway to Yr. Skull,' we'd tap on the backs of our guitars to get this low-level feedback, and if I leaned forward, and the guitar hung off my body, it would resonate differently.
When I was in the first years of university, I fell in more with the visual arts crowd because it was more interesting than where music was.
Whenever I work on an album and the time comes to do all the artwork, the only thing I think of is the LP artwork. When we worked on the 'Electric Trim' artwork, we spent weeks and weeks making the LP artwork great, and then the CD artwork came together in a day or two. The LP is what's important to me.
When Sonic Youth writes music, we write everything in a very communal way. It doesn't matter who brought something in initially; it all gets transformed by the band.
When Sonic Youth wrote music, we would rehearse for months before anybody heard anything.
Obviously, Sonic Youth has been a huge part of my life for many, many years, and I love all those guys dearly.
