Song Quotes by Travis Morrison

8 Song quotes by Travis Morrison

Travis Morrison delivers eight short reflections on Song, each one a percussive glimpse of his indie‑rock mindset. This brief set provides a quick taste of his musical perspective.

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There are bands, like R.E.M., who want to have 17 records, and some are terrible and some are great. I don't know…

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I saw an interview with Jay-Z where he said he didn't write down any of his lyrics, so I tried that.

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I'm fascinated with the attitude of younger rock bands, even ones that are making money at it. I don't ever hear them…

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If a band isn't coming up with two to four of those when they pick up their instruments, then they have problems…

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I don't have a set working style. Some lyrics come really slow, others come in 10 minutes while I'm watching basketball. They're…

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There was no indie rock band in the 90s at the level of, like, Grizzly Bear. I listen to their records and…

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When you wrote a song way back in the day, you were writing material to play live. And you would buy the…

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There's a lot of griping and groaning about wanting to play half-baked new songs live, but you don't want it to just…

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I sometimes try a variance of the drawer trick - [I write it] and then come back to it and see if it blows.

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I like to write early in the morning, like, 5 a.m. If I'm really on my game, I don't have any coffee or stimulants.…

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I try to be patient. I feel like the point of art is to go down within yourself and to pop up into other…

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Advice is not really very useful. People gave me terrible advice, and I guess I was just smart enough to ignore some of it.

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There are bands, like R.E.M., who want to have 17 records, and some are terrible and some are great. I don't know if people…

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Your ego gets activated real quick, you really want to impress yourself. But when you come back to it, sometimes you're like, "Yeah, this…

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I like being a musician that's also a fly on the wall. I like people coming in the room and doing what they do…

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At certain point, you realize it's easy to play music for the rest of your life: just don't sell your guitar. Maybe you get…

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I saw an interview with Jay-Z where he said he didn't write down any of his lyrics, so I tried that.

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I'm fascinated with the attitude of younger rock bands, even ones that are making money at it. I don't ever hear them talk about…

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Now, by and large, people are recording material to put on YouTube. I have a theory that YouTube is, in the end, the #1…

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I like to go play shows just to see people, so I'm not in the game of like, "You're at my show, you're gonna…

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I'm a total ho for any writing workshop, any technique from anyone.

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If a band isn't coming up with two to four of those when they pick up their instruments, then they have problems - even…

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I wanted to be a writer when I was a little kid. Then I wanted to be Pete Townshend - the songwriting guitarist who…

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