Music for me is this thing that's sort of saved my life over the course of my whole life, whether it be writing songs or listening to other people's …

- Matt Nathanson

It's amazing, the look in your eyes, like you could save me, but you won't even try

- Matt Nathanson

The thing that makes me feel most alive would be when I'm hanging out with my family and feeling my connection with them and feeling safe and content…

- Matt Nathanson

It's like a spiritual elevation that occurs when you're playing and becoming one with the instrument or players on the stage.

- Matt Nathanson

I just want my kid to not hate and to be a good human. That's what you try to do. You hope that they are the next evolution of your thing.

- Matt Nathanson

I know that human beings are better together than they are apart, as much as I fought that all my life.

- Matt Nathanson

When I was a kid I just had headphones on all the time, and it changed the way I see things and the way I interpret things.

- Matt Nathanson

When I play, I open up. I'm in the heat of the performance and it's a healing thing. It's great!

- Matt Nathanson

The only way I get back to my center is either by talking to my wife or by spending time by myself.

- Matt Nathanson