It's kind of crazy how music helped me overcome the anxieties that I have. — Lou Barlow Anxieties Copy Share Image
Los Angeles was really beautiful, and California in general is a great place to live. — Lou Barlow Beautiful Copy Share Image
Maybe I can't write without painting myself into a corner first. — Lou Barlow Corner Copy Share Image
J. makes me laugh. He's incredibly dry and has a pretty harsh sense of humor that I enjoy. — Lou Barlow Comedy Copy Share Image
My experience with Dino Jr. proved that making new music was a worthwhile pursuit. — Lou Barlow Experience Copy Share Image
I can finish a show and walk through the audience without being recognized. — Lou Barlow Audience Copy Share Image
At 12 or 13, I picked up a guitar because my mother made me learn how to play. — Lou Barlow Guitar Copy Share Image
I don't focus on one thing. I play guitar and bass and keyboards and drums, but I never stay on anything long… — Lou Barlow Copy Share Image
I really don't have a method. I gravitate towards the organic/acoustic, but I still often complete songs musically before attempting to find… — Lou Barlow Copy Share Image
A lot of times, when you record something, the album becomes less about the music and more technical. — Lou Barlow Album Copy Share Image
Early on, I really liked the idea of being confrontational. I loved the idea of making songs that made people really uncomfortable. — Lou Barlow Confrontational Copy Share Image
All the issues you deal with get more complicated as you get older; it takes more focus to write songs that reflect… — Lou Barlow Copy Share Image
I've learned by experience that, if I get too clever with lyrics, or if I'm not totally embodying my own wants and… — Lou Barlow Clever Copy Share Image
I remember being inspired by this band Godflesh, actually. They were a really heavy metal band, really nihilistic. — Lou Barlow Copy Share Image
The minute we first started recording 'Defend Yourself,' I thought, 'Yeah. We're going to have to deal with a really terrible review… — Lou Barlow Copy Share Image
When I start to write a song, I have the words and I have the melody, and then it's just a matter… — Lou Barlow Copy Share Image
After discovering the Ramones, I discovered really crude ways to multi-track by taking another cassette recorder and plugging that into the eight-track,… — Lou Barlow Copy Share Image
If you make a strange, eccentric record - like the Velvet Underground's 'White Light/White Heat' - it takes on its own mood… — Lou Barlow Heat Copy Share Image
I hear people telling me a lot that the production of that particular record - 'One Part Lullaby' - really influenced them.… — Lou Barlow Copy Share Image
I've put out a lot of stuff that just confused and alienated people: a huge chunk of songs that were verbal and… — Lou Barlow Copy Share Image
One thing about when I came back into Dinosaur that was really cool was that pretty much anybody that J. was working… — Lou Barlow Copy Share Image
Most of the times that I've written break-up songs, it's been different because I was always trying to get back to something:… — Lou Barlow Relationship Copy Share Image
I think people, just because of digital recording and how computers have become such an important part of our lives, I think… — Lou Barlow Computers Copy Share Image
Sebadoh were always kind of the un-band. We never really lived in the same town. — Lou Barlow Copy Share Image
Some people play steel string beautifully, but I'm not exactly a world-class picker. — Lou Barlow People Copy Share Image
I enjoy Dinosaur for what it is. It's a unique band that has a unique chemistry. — Lou Barlow Copy Share Image
I always felt that when people found things that they didn't like about me, it seemed to distance them from me. — Lou Barlow Copy Share Image
I wrote 'Healthy Sick,' from our first LP, when I was 19. I'll happily play it till I'm 91 because it always… — Lou Barlow Copy Share Image
Young bands are so angry. There are young bands that are so incredibly successful, getting incredible reviews, and they are totally angry. — Lou Barlow Angry Copy Share Image
I like to collaborate with other people for studio recordings because I believe collaboration, in any form, makes music better. — Lou Barlow Copy Share Image
I've managed to alienate most of what would be considered the core audience that I'm supposed to have had. — Lou Barlow Copy Share Image
I had a very strong 'revertigo' for becoming the kid that I was when I was in Dinosaur Jr. That's a pretty… — Lou Barlow Copy Share Image
'Brace the Wave' is an acoustic-electric record recorded with electricity on analog-digital and digitally-analog equipment. — Lou Barlow Electricity Copy Share Image
I just like it when I can understand things, and the simpler it is, the easier it is to understand. — Lou Barlow Copy Share Image
Just from the beginning, I really liked playing around with tape recorders. And then, when I got into punk rock, I only… — Lou Barlow Beginning Copy Share Image
The first songs I ever wrote - my first, like, serious offerings - were all written on ukulele. It's always been a… — Lou Barlow Copy Share Image
