For years The National has been labeled as a gloomy kind of rock bandI think mostly because of Matt’s deep baritone voice, which even if he is singin….

There are famous examples of people who just had really strange ways - [Jimi] Hendrix being the biggest example of that. Or someone like Keith Richar….

Most of my favourite guitarists are self-taught, because in a way there's less of a reverence for the instrument itself, so you end up finding and in….

A good song is a nice set of chords and some good lyrics; a great song is a song that reinvents itself over time. That you can always find something ….

A great painting is something that you can come back to again and again..

Obviously there are pieces of classical music that are some of the most beautiful music ever written, for me anyway is a lot of classical or contempo….

It’s important to me that people hear my music on its own merit and not in relation to another project I’ve done. Ultimately, the music has its own e….

American politics are important because it affects the entire world in often negative ways..

In a way it's the emotional feeling that you get in a good rock song or folk song, there's just nothing that rivals that..