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 Copy Share Image
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… — Matt Berninger Copy Share Image
When you realize that the baby's healthy and born, it's a release and you're so happy. — Matt Berninger Copy Share Image
The last thing you want to do is write songs about being in a band. — Matt Berninger Copy Share Image
Leonard Cohen and Nick Cave know best. Although I wear a lot of jeans, I've been told that Nick Cave doesn't own a pair… — Matt Berninger Copy Share Image
Weirdly, I was still trying to be the older brother, and trying to get him [Tom Berninger] to try to be more like me… — Matt Berninger Copy Share Image
It takes us a long time to write a song that we all really like, so it makes sense that it would take a… — Matt Berninger Copy Share Image
When it comes to lyrics, I just write down a lot of things, and only a very tiny fraction of it, I think, is… — Matt Berninger Copy Share Image
A song is a song and, if I am emotionally connected to do it, whether it is sad or not sad, I am going… — Matt Berninger Copy Share Image
I'm doing a little freelance work, and I think everybody's trying to take their minds off rock and roll for a little while and… — Matt Berninger Copy Share Image
I'm a stubborn guy that loses his temper, sometimes driving the station wagon in the wrong direction for hours and hours and never admitting… — Matt Berninger Copy Share Image
I love to make songs out of some of those shadows - you know, some of the things you lie awake thinking about, social… — Matt Berninger Copy Share Image
A lot of my lyrics are approximate meaning without me knowing why they sound right. — Matt Berninger Copy Share Image
![“Weirdly, I was still trying to be the older brother, and trying to get him [Tom Berninger] to try to be more like me a little bit. Or not be more like me but... I was frustrated that he sometimes let things stop him in his life, and he let the wind get knocked out of his sails a few times.” quote by Matt Berninger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f54/matt-berninger-10530_bits_weirdly-i-was-still-trying-to-be-the-old_176747.jpg)
