Matt Nathanson Quotes

• Every day is the start of something beautiful.

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  Good Morning, Beautiful, Good Day

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

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  Together, Humans, Knows

  "Singer-Songwriter Matt Nathanson: On feeling vulnerable, staying present, and not being terrified". Interview with Mary Bruce, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. October 26, 2015.

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

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  Break Up, Ex Boyfriend, Eye

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

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  Talking, Wife, Way

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

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  Healing, Play, Heat

  "Singer-Songwriter Matt Nathanson: On feeling vulnerable, staying present, and not being terrified". Interview with Mary Bruce, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. October 26, 2015.

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• 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.

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  Hate, Kids, Trying

  "Singer-Songwriter Matt Nathanson: On feeling vulnerable, staying present, and not being terrified". Interview with Mary Bruce, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. October 26, 2015.

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• When I play, I open up. I'm in the heat of the performance and it's a healing thing. It's great! It's like a spiritual elevation that occurs when you're playing and becoming one with the instrument or players on the stage. It takes on this incredible feeling of levitating and the molecules spin differently in the moment.

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  Spiritual, Healing, Player

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• 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 in that.

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  Feelings, Connections, Would Be

  "Singer-Songwriter Matt Nathanson: On feeling vulnerable, staying present, and not being terrified". Interview with Mary Bruce, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. October 26, 2015.

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• 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.

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  Kids, Way, Headphones

  "Singer-Songwriter Matt Nathanson: On feeling vulnerable, staying present, and not being terrified". Interview with Mary Bruce, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. October 26, 2015.

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• 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 stuff.

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  Song, Writing, Listening To Others

  "Singer-Songwriter Matt Nathanson: On feeling vulnerable, staying present, and not being terrified". Interview with Mary Bruce, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I think I feel vulnerable most of the time. I feel on guard. I've gotten pretty good at putting my fists down and kind of allowing the world to be, so that I don't feel threatened as much.

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  Thinking, World, Fists

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• I like interacting with human beings, so being on stage feels like a larger version of that - kind of like throwing a party. It's like knocking into the human collision of everyday life and it just so happens to break down the wall between the audience and me and helps the songs communicate better.

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  Song, Wall, Party

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• I have a strong desire to connect. And so when I don't get that, I leave that situation feeling particularly wounded.

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  Strong, Feelings, Desire

  "Singer-Songwriter Matt Nathanson: On feeling vulnerable, staying present, and not being terrified". Interview with Mary Bruce, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I'll forget about you long enough to forget why I need to

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  Break Up, Ex Boyfriend, Long

  Song: I Saw, Album: Beneath These Fireworks, 2003

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• Staying present and staying myself in the midst of others is important.

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  Important, Midst, Staying

  "Singer-Songwriter Matt Nathanson: On feeling vulnerable, staying present, and not being terrified". Interview with Mary Bruce, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. October 26, 2015.

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• I like interacting with human beings, so being on stage feels like a larger version of that - kind of like throwing a party.

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  Party, Kind, Stage

  "Singer-Songwriter Matt Nathanson: On feeling vulnerable, staying present, and not being terrified". Interview with Mary Bruce, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. October 26, 2015.

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

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  Spiritual, Player, Becoming One

  "Singer-Songwriter Matt Nathanson: On feeling vulnerable, staying present, and not being terrified". Interview with Mary Bruce, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. October 26, 2015.

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• I feel vulnerable a lot interacting with human beings and being honest with people, and if I read their energy kind of not getting or shutting me down or this feeling of where we're not connecting, that's kind of a vulnerable place for me.

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  People, Feelings, Energy

  "Singer-Songwriter Matt Nathanson: On feeling vulnerable, staying present, and not being terrified". Interview with Mary Bruce, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. October 26, 2015.

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• I would be heavenly if baby you'd just rescue me now

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  Break Up, Baby, Ex Boyfriend

  Song: I Saw, Album: Beneath These Fireworks, 2003

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