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
When you realize that the baby's healthy and born, it's a release and you're so happy. — Matt Berninger Copy Share
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
A lot of my lyrics are approximate meaning without me knowing why they sound right. — Matt Berninger Copy Share
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
I focus on the words and then I have fun putting together the music after. — Matt Berninger Copy Share
