The only reason to do this job is because I love playing my music. And I love my bandmates. — Frankie Cosmos Copy Share Image
My parents have both done some music stuff. My family was very artist-friendly, so that was encouraging. — Frankie Cosmos Copy Share Image
When I was 16, I really decided that music was something I wanted to do. — Frankie Cosmos Copy Share Image
I think that I'm definitely going to keep writing music forever. I can't stop even if I tried. — Frankie Cosmos Copy Share Image
I hope people hear my songs and realize that writing music is kind of easy, or that taking your sadness and turning… — Frankie Cosmos Copy Share Image
The first song I wrote, in fifth grade, was totally ripped from Jeffrey Lewis. My aunt's boyfriend gave me bass lessons, and… — Frankie Cosmos Copy Share Image
The thing is, I feel like it would defeat the purpose of being a musician if I let any kind of fear… — Frankie Cosmos Copy Share Image
One of the cool things about traveling and being a musician is that you meet so many people who have studied different… — Frankie Cosmos Copy Share Image
I started going to rock shows at a really young age, and seeing other young people make music definitely influenced me. — Frankie Cosmos Copy Share Image
I was seeing kids my age playing shows at their parents' houses or the couple of all-ages venues that existed. I feel… — Frankie Cosmos Copy Share Image
My Bandcamp had a lot of bad and good music, but I relied on that to sort my feelings. My sadness will… — Frankie Cosmos Copy Share Image
I don't even know how people managed without the Internet years ago. Having to mail a cassette tape of your music to… — Frankie Cosmos Copy Share Image
I really liked punk music and experimental music that my brother was taking me to go see in the city, when I… — Frankie Cosmos Copy Share Image
The first music-learning thing that I took seriously was piano lessons when I was a kid. I guess that was probably the… — Frankie Cosmos Copy Share Image
It's good for people to be able to see an archive of an artist learning how to write and getting better, especially… — Frankie Cosmos Copy Share Image
When I was 18, I borrowed my parents' car, and they are super supportive. They might give us snacks for the road, but it's… — Frankie Cosmos Copy Share
I definitely think that touring is a really crazy lifestyle and makes it hard to live a normal life and have relationships and friendships. — Frankie Cosmos Copy Share
I realized I was trained my whole life to be an accommodating person, to make sure that everybody is comfortable before I'm comfortable. After… — Frankie Cosmos Copy Share
My brother was 13 when people started telling me that he was a 'hipster.' I was 11 and thought it was so stressful, like,… — Frankie Cosmos Copy Share
Whenever I'm really excited about a song, I want to learn it, and it becomes the first thing I play every time I pick… — Frankie Cosmos Copy Share
I was seeing kids my age playing shows at their parents' houses or the couple of all-ages venues that existed. I feel like I… — Frankie Cosmos Copy Share
Sometimes I'll write something that's purely autobiographical, and sometimes pure fiction, and sometimes a mix. — Frankie Cosmos Copy Share
Sometimes I'm really mean to someone who just hugged me. I never thought that I would be like that. — Frankie Cosmos Copy Share
Those emotions that are really strong, the ones that inspire a song, you can hold onto that. You can let it marinate for years… — Frankie Cosmos Copy Share
My parents have both done some music stuff. My family was very artist-friendly, so that was encouraging. — Frankie Cosmos Copy Share
It's even easier to write about the past now that I'm happy and have better stuff to write about. That's why someone like Bob… — Frankie Cosmos Copy Share
