'Alligator' was the first record that anyone paid attention to, and it seemed like it was the screamy songs that got us that attention. — 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
The same song can have drastically different feels and personalities just by changing some minor things. A different drumbeat or some vocal overdub could… — Matt Berninger Copy Share Image
I focus on the words and then I have fun putting together the music after. — 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)
