I saw an interview with Jay-Z where he said he didn't write down any of his lyrics, so I tried that. — Travis Morrison Interviews Copy Share Image
I'm a total ho for any writing workshop, any technique from anyone. — Travis Morrison Technique Copy Share Image
Advice is not really very useful. People gave me terrible advice, and I guess I was just smart enough to ignore some… — Travis Morrison Advice Copy Share Image
I'm a grown-ass man. I can't be, like, ordering people to put down their phones. — Travis Morrison Copy Share Image
I sometimes try a variance of the drawer trick - [I write it] and then come back to it and see if… — Travis Morrison Copy Share Image
I try to be patient. I feel like the point of art is to go down within yourself and to pop up… — Travis Morrison Art Copy Share Image
At certain point, you realize it's easy to play music for the rest of your life: just don't sell your guitar. Maybe… — Travis Morrison Copy Share Image
There was no indie rock band in the 90s at the level of, like, Grizzly Bear. I listen to their records and… — Travis Morrison Copy Share Image
There's a lot of griping and groaning about wanting to play half-baked new songs live, but you don't want it to just… — Travis Morrison Copy Share Image
Now, by and large, people are recording material to put on YouTube. I have a theory that YouTube is, in the end,… — Travis Morrison Copy Share Image
There are bands, like R.E.M., who want to have 17 records, and some are terrible and some are great. I don't know… — Travis Morrison Copy Share Image
I don't have a set working style. Some lyrics come really slow, others come in 10 minutes while I'm watching basketball. They're… — Travis Morrison Basketball Copy Share Image
I like to write early in the morning, like, 5 a.m. If I'm really on my game, I don't have any coffee… — Travis Morrison Coffee Copy Share Image
When you wrote a song way back in the day, you were writing material to play live. And you would buy the… — Travis Morrison Copy Share Image
I'm fascinated with the attitude of younger rock bands, even ones that are making money at it. I don't ever hear them… — Travis Morrison Atom bomb Copy Share Image
I like being a musician that's also a fly on the wall. I like people coming in the room and doing what… — Travis Morrison Attention Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a writer when I was a little kid. Then I wanted to be Pete Townshend - the songwriting… — Travis Morrison Guitarist Copy Share Image
I like to go play shows just to see people, so I'm not in the game of like, "You're at my show,… — Travis Morrison Copy Share Image
Your ego gets activated real quick, you really want to impress yourself. But when you come back to it, sometimes you're like,… — Travis Morrison Ego Copy Share Image
If a band isn't coming up with two to four of those when they pick up their instruments, then they have problems… — Travis Morrison Copy Share Image
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