Song Quotes by Jonathan Meiburg

9 Song quotes by Jonathan Meiburg

Jonathan Meiburg delivers nine short reflections on Song, each one a percussive glimpse of his folk‑rock mindset. This brief set provides a quick taste of his musical perspective.

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When you make a record, you probably are not going to hit exactly what you were aiming for. You also have to…

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The nice thing about being a band that nobody knows about is that you can do whatever you want.

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It's a very different feeling just sitting around the side, playing piano, and dancing around as opposed to standing in front and…

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When I was writing some of songs for the record in Galapagos it was the feeling of being there I wanted to…

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The only problem with Shearwater as a name for a band is that people sort of think that it's this amalgamated word…

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The thing is that honestly we haven't had an audience. And we have a chance to have an audience now. Which is…

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The nice thing about being a band that nobody knows about is that you can do whatever you want, you know? Without…

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I do like the old versions of our songs - there are good things in them, but I think that the good…

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When you make a record, you probably are not going to hit exactly what you were aiming for. You also have to…

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I feel like we've kind of gone through a transformation in the past year. I don't know what happened but we've somehow gelled in…

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I still get stage fright every time. I also feel very, very sleepy about a minute before we go on. Like I feel like…

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I certainly think there are things that impressed me as a child about the church. The smells and the sounds and the pagaentry of…

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One of our very favorite shows of 2008 was our Slowtrain instore. We drove straight from San Francisco, pulled up to the back of…

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It may be a product of me being raised in episcopal church, but I have a love for ritual and theater and the significance…

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The only problem with Shearwater as a name for a band is that people sort of think that it's this amalgamated word like Pushmonkey…

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It's not like I'm narrating stories with music behind them. It's all kind of one thing. You hope you can provoke a specific emotional…

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