The last thing you want to do is write songs about being in a band. — 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
Lyrics need to be good, but they don't need to be obvious right away. — 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
A different drumbeat or some vocal overdub could completely transform the song. — Matt Berninger Copy Share Image
I can only write songs when somebody gives me some water to swim in. Otherwise, I'm a fish on the beach. — Matt Berninger Copy Share Image
Usually, writing lyrics for me is like bleeding drop by drop from the forehead. — 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… — Matt Berninger Copy Share Image
I do a lot of editing and switching around and putting little pieces together to get the right mood and personality, and… — 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… — 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… — Matt Berninger Copy Share Image
Somehow, you realize you can kind of do anything in music. You don't have to be good at a certain thing; you… — Matt Berninger Copy Share Image
It's not hard to connect with the music on an emotional level and get inside the songs. It's odd, very vulnerable, and… — Matt Berninger Copy Share Image
The lyrics are what I work on the hardest, but I'm not trying to make a perfectly clear message or anything like… — Matt Berninger Copy Share Image
The song 'Humiliation' is kind of about what if, outside of a dinner party or something, I was blown up by a… — Matt Berninger Copy Share Image
When I have just sat down and tried to write the lyrics of a song, usually about half of it sounds like… — Matt Berninger Copy Share Image
We were always in the shadows of the stuff that was getting more attention. So people learned to listen to us slowly… — Matt Berninger Copy Share Image
“I never sit and fill a journal with lyrics. Most of the time I'm trying to write a feeling, not a story.… — 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… — 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… — Matt Berninger Copy Share Image
A lot of the lyrics I write involve images that just swing the song in a way that feels really good to… — Matt Berninger Copy Share Image
Not all the songs are real events, but I do write about stuff that is close to my heart and it comes… — 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… — Matt Berninger Copy Share Image
There are records that you just sink into. They coincide with what you’re going through and become an ally. If our records… — 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)
