Latest Steve Albini Quotes from Interviews

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• In terms of other people's perception of me, that's their business. There are people who I have never met but, for whatever reason, I am certain that these people are jack-offs. I've never met Billy Joel, but I'm absolutely convinced he's an asshole. I can't justify that opinion, that's just what I think. But my opinion about Billy Joel isn't going to affect him in the slightest. In the same way, I am sure there are people out there who are completely convinced that I am an asshole, for whatever reason. They might even feel more justified than I feel about my presumptive opinion of Billy Joel.

  Steve Albini

  Thinking, People, Perception

  Source: thequietus.com

• Over the last thirty years or so, I have definitely become more enlightened about corners of the social spectrum that I had less exposure to as a young man. I've interacted with more poor people, more minorities and more sexual minorities. As you get more people from different backgrounds involved in your life, you get a broader perspective and you're less cavalier about your opinions.

  Steve Albini

  Men, Perspective, People

  Source: thequietus.com

• There's a stupid trend in American politics right now with people who have no experience with politics and no grasp of public service as a profession just deciding that they're going to jump into it. The obvious figurehead of this whole "I am an idiot, therefore I can be a politician" is Donald Trump. People think that ignorance of a profession is somehow qualifying for that profession. It's utterly baffling.

  Steve Albini

  Stupid, Ignorance, Thinking

  Source: thequietus.com

• Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

  Steve Albini

  Hate, People, Suffering

  Source: thequietus.com

• I think good-looking naked ladies turn on the majority of men.

  Steve Albini

  Men, Thinking, Majority

  Interview with Amelie Gillette, www.avclub.com. June 14, 2000.

• When people are absurdly tall, they command everyone's attention when they walk into a room. Nobody's ever dismissive of somebody for being too tall.

  Steve Albini

  People, Attention, Rooms

  Interview with Amelie Gillette, www.avclub.com. June 14, 2000.

• I wouldn't mind being taller, because when I'm in the company of people who are absurdly tall, there's something about them that I can't help admiring.

  Steve Albini

  People, Mind, Helping

  Interview with Amelie Gillette, music.avclub.com. June 14, 2000.

• You can't help noticing an amazing ass. Pretty naked ladies will always get my attention. Revealingly dressed good-looking women will always get my attention, at least for a moment.

  Steve Albini

  Naked, Attention, Helping

  Interview with Amelie Gillette, www.avclub.com. June 14, 2000.

• I stopped drinking almost immediately after I had ready access to liquor, when I got to college. It almost immediately lost its appeal for me.

  Steve Albini

  Drinking, College, Liquor

  Interview with Amelie Gillette, www.avclub.com. June 14, 2000.

• What's the most outrageous thing I've ever done? Let's just say I don't think I've done it yet. The most outrageous thing is yet to come.

  Steve Albini

  Thinking, Done, Outrageous

  Interview with Amelie Gillette, www.avclub.com. June 14, 2000.