We were always in the shadows of the stuff that was getting more attention. So people learned to listen to us slowly over time. And, frankly, we learned how to listen to ourselves. It takes us a long time to write a song that we all really like, so it makes sense that it would take a while for the listener to get there, too.
You gotta lean towards the things that make you like yourself. Forget everything else. - Matt Berninger
You gotta lean towards the things that make you like yourself. Forget everything else.
- Matt Berninger
Music has got a community vibe to it that pulls people together, and those communities are different in different places. - Matt Berninger
Music has got a community vibe to it that pulls people together, and those communities are different in different places.
I focus on the words and then I have fun putting together the music after. - Matt Berninger
I focus on the words and then I have fun putting together the music after.
A song is a song and, if I am emotionally connected to do it, whether it is sad or not sad, I am going to chase that song. - Matt Berninger
A song is a song and, if I am emotionally connected to do it, whether it is sad or not sad, I am going to chase that song.
I never sit and fill a journal with lyrics. Most of the time I'm trying to write a feeling, not a story. I'm not necessarily trying to describe the d… - Matt Berninger
I never sit and fill a journal with lyrics. Most of the time I'm trying to write a feeling, not a story. I'm not necessarily trying to describe the d…
Maybe because I have spent too much of my life in rock clubs. I don't really go to parties anymore either. I'll usually be in the bus by 11:30 after … - Matt Berninger
Maybe because I have spent too much of my life in rock clubs. I don't really go to parties anymore either. I'll usually be in the bus by 11:30 after …
It is the melody and the rhythm that are by far the most important and then words and imagery and stuff, story bits will start to stick to a melody a… - Matt Berninger
It is the melody and the rhythm that are by far the most important and then words and imagery and stuff, story bits will start to stick to a melody a…
Live on coffee and flowers. Try not to worry what the weather will be. - Matt Berninger
Live on coffee and flowers. Try not to worry what the weather will be.
My parents know that I have always been sort of a dark melodramatic kid, so they were never concerned. - Matt Berninger
My parents know that I have always been sort of a dark melodramatic kid, so they were never concerned.
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