“Songs are the most important thing. Not playing. Or heaviness. That’s what a lot of people don’t have. Whether they’re good or not, I have a million songs. Always. I don’t have a million lyrics. I have a million melodies and chords….We already have another album of material. We’re ready to go.”

– Pavement and The Jicks crooner Stephen Malkmus on the song factory that lives in his head (via SPIN). His latest, Mirror Traffic, is in stores August 23rd via Matador Records.