Matt Berninger Quotes About Songs

Quotes about: Songs

• When I have just sat down and tried to write the lyrics of a song, usually about half of it sounds like bullshit. I just have to go away from something and come back to it again later. I do a lot of editing and switching around and putting little pieces together to get the right mood and personality, and it takes me forever to get a song finished.

  Matt Berninger

  Song, Writing, Editing

  Source: www.avclub.com

• The last thing you want to do is write songs about being in a band.

  Matt Berninger

  Song, Writing, Band

  "The National". Interview with Stephen M. Deusner, pitchfork.com. February 5, 2006.

• The song 'Humiliation' is kind of about what if, outside of a dinner party or something, I was blown up by a drone missile, out by the pool. What an embarrassing way to go.

  Matt Berninger

  Song, Party, What If

• 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.

  Matt Berninger

  Song, Writing, Long

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• I've never quite felt totally comfortable up on stage. I've gotten more comfortable, but drinking wine is a crutch that gives me a little courage. It helps me lose a little bit of the self-consciousness and the awareness of how awkward it is standing on a stage with lights and a bunch of people looking at you while you sing love songs.

  Matt Berninger

  Song, Drinking, Wine

  Source: the-talks.com

• 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.

  Matt Berninger

  Song, Writing, Long

  "The National". Interview with Dennis Lehane, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 6, 2017.

• 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

  Song, Connected, Ifs

  Source: the-talks.com

• I can only write songs when somebody gives me some water to swim in. Otherwise, I'm a fish on the beach.

  Matt Berninger

  Song, Beach, Writing

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• Not all the songs are real events, but I do write about stuff that is close to my heart and it comes out one way or another.

  Matt Berninger

  Song, Real, Writing

• I have pit bulls barking at me on half of the love songs.

  Matt Berninger

  Song, Pits, Bulls

  "Back to School With Walter Martin" by Matt Berninger, www.interviewmagazine.com. February 1, 2016.

• A different drumbeat or some vocal overdub could completely transform the song.

  Matt Berninger

  Song, Different, Vocal

  "The National". Interview with Stephen M. Deusner, pitchfork.com. June 7, 2010.

• It's not hard to connect with the music on an emotional level and get inside the songs. It's odd, very vulnerable, and slightly embarrassing to be standing and singing and playing music in front of a bunch of strangers.

  Matt Berninger

  Song, Emotional, Singing

  "The National". Interview with Stephen M. Deusner, pitchfork.com. June 7, 2010.

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