The live experience and the recorded experience are totally different. When you're recording an album, you won't be able to immerse people in sound. When you play live, you want to grab people on the visceral level. They're completely different. — Matt Tong Copy Share Image
There's so much to be said for making your guitar sound like a synthesizer and try to make your drummer sound like a drum machine. — Matt Tong Copy Share Image
There's too much rock that relies a fetishism or nostalgia for the old ways. That's a real enemy to music. — Matt Tong Copy Share Image
I have a real problem with rock music because it seems that lineage doesn't really exist. — Matt Tong Copy Share Image
I'm finding it hard to listen to other rock bands. It's been hard for me for a long time, but now I can't listen… — Matt Tong Copy Share Image
It's frustrating that people attribute something to certain songs and that's not what they're about at all. — Matt Tong Copy Share Image
After a while, you start to believe that your opinions are more valid than everyone else's. It can be hard to be humble about… — Matt Tong Copy Share Image
I feel that's important that I have some place to go that isn't on the cover of a magazine. I signed up to make… — Matt Tong Copy Share Image
You want to reach people on a real level and have a fan base that understands you. — Matt Tong Copy Share Image
