I'm a stubborn guy that loses his temper, sometimes driving the station wagon in the wrong direction for hours and hours and… — Matt Berninger Copy Share Image
Getting on stage and performing and standing under lights is such an unsettling experience - in a good and bad way -… — 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
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
It is the melody and the rhythm that are by far the most important and then words and imagery and stuff, story… — 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
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
