I believe in nature instead of God.

- Matthew Sweet

There are things that I value now that I didn't when I first went over there, like Zen Buddhism, which has become part of my life over the last coupl…

- Matthew Sweet

In a world that's ugly and a lie, it's hard to even want to try.

- Matthew Sweet

I figured if the plane goes down, I'll go with a great genius and will always have my name connected with his.

- Matthew Sweet

It wasn't so much that I had to leave to make it in the music business as I was curious to be out on my own and sort of explore. I never felt that wh…

- Matthew Sweet

I went to a rare live Van Dyke show and met him there. And then he came to a show of mine and we spoke back stage. The third time was at Brian Wilson…

- Matthew Sweet

When I did the record, I was coming off a time when my contract had been sold and the music industry had changed a lot. I didn't understand how to ma…

- Matthew Sweet

When I go to Japan and do shows I play for 1,000 to 1,500 people. I like a lot about Japan. Their popular culture and mass commercialization appeals …

- Matthew Sweet

I had no allusions of radio success. I just loved being in studios. I was having fun and in that sense I now feel a lot like I did when I did that re…

- Matthew Sweet