<\/em>When Sonic Youth first started, there had been such a high bar set for music that achieved something that people hadn\u2019t done before, it was difficult to know how to add to that. There was the Velvet Underground, who cast a huge shadow, and then all the no wave bands, and when you\u2019re faced with all that coolness, and you feel like you don\u2019t belong, how do you make something happen? You have to focus on the thrill of making something that is like nothing that existed before. It sounds pretentious to say, \u201cWe wanted to do something new\u201d, but that was it, and then you have to see what happens. And that\u2019s still my approach. Honestly, I had no intention of doing solo records \u2013 I\u2019d been playing in an improv-based project with Bill Nace, Body\/Head, but that was all. And it was this producer in LA, Justin Raisen, he kept bugging me to make a solo record. There was no plan; in the end, again, I was like, let\u2019s see what happens.<\/p>\n
Your memoir, <\/strong>Girl in a Band<\/strong>, is one of my favourites. It reads almost like a novel. Have you ever considered writing a novel?<\/strong> timwthornton
<\/em>I\u2019ve thought about it. I consider myself more as a visual artist who writes, rather than a writer<\/em>. I won\u2019t say I won\u2019t ever try to write a novel, but writing is always a challenge, just the getting started part, and I\u2019m such a procrastinator. But once I get into it, I really, really enjoy it. It\u2019s the thinking<\/em> I love. A lot of times I actually don\u2019t know what I think about something until I start writing about it.<\/p>\n
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