When I did the record, I was coming off a time when my contract had been sold and the music industry had changed a lot. I didn't understand how to make records for big labels. I was waiting for a… — Matthew Sweet Copy Share Image
They said, 'If we put you in first class with Brian, will you do it?' So I flew after not having flown in eight… — Matthew Sweet Copy Share Image
He wanted to play accordion on something of mine and I said you can play accordion, but I want you to play piano and… — Matthew Sweet Copy Share Image
First off, I don't want anyone to think I'm this huge thing in Japan. Every group from here that's made any records over any… — Matthew Sweet Copy Share Image
When I go to Japan and do shows I play for 1,000 to 1,500 people. I like a lot about Japan. Their popular culture… — Matthew Sweet Copy Share Image
He helped make Living Things even more crazy than I wanted it to be. He added old-fashioned piano and classical folk music - that… — Matthew Sweet Copy Share Image
There are things that I value now that I didn't when I first went over there, like Zen Buddhism, which has become part of… — Matthew Sweet Copy Share Image
More labels should be like that. Instead of putting these records out myself, I should have just signed with them, but they probably don't… — Matthew Sweet Copy Share Image
Girlfriend and 100 Percent Fun were my two peeks, around '92 and '96. The reality is that the times I had the most media… — Matthew Sweet Copy Share Image
I have more perspective now, and am happier now. It's not that I don't want success, but I now know I can have success… — Matthew Sweet Copy Share Image
You know that they're not just into it for the moment, they really care about it and value it over time. — Matthew Sweet Copy Share Image
