The feeling that you want the listener to get, you should get yourself when you first hit that chord, and that melody… — Matt Skiba Copy Share Image
There is sort of an unspoken 'no skateboarding' clause on tour that I break pretty often. — Matt Skiba Copy Share Image
Falling in love with somebody is like a rush of heroin, and trying to break up with somebodyis like trying to kick… — Matt Skiba Copy Share Image
They are one of my favorite bands and one of my first musical loves: Devo. — Matt Skiba Bands Copy Share Image
I honestly couldn't have asked for or expected the amount of love and support I've received from a large majority of Blink's… — Matt Skiba Copy Share Image
There was some real bad alternative - 'alternative' - stuff that came out in the '90s that's completely cringe-worthy. — Matt Skiba Copy Share Image
A cousin of mine was a graphic designer, and he took me as a kid to see Flesh for Lulu and Social… — Matt Skiba Chicago Copy Share Image
Dallas is a good town. I spent a lot of time there as a kid. It always nice to come back. — Matt Skiba Copy Share Image
There are things about this country that are horrible; there's things about this country that are beautiful. I've been almost everywhere, and… — Matt Skiba Beautiful Copy Share Image
We have this song called 'Radio,' and I wrote that song when we needed one more song for a record. So I… — Matt Skiba Copy Share Image
The extent of my personal BMX adventures were all [on] dirt tracks. But just the aesthetic of it that early-to-mid-'80s BMX is… — Matt Skiba Copy Share Image
In this day and age, though, no matter how many people you play for, if you're playing with a band like Blink,… — Matt Skiba Age Copy Share Image
We've had kids come to our shows and ask us why we hate Jesus. It's like, 'Well, we don't hate Jesus at… — Matt Skiba Copy Share Image
I was thinking about hitting races and stuff, but it's just, I think it's more of the era of when I was… — Matt Skiba Copy Share Image
It's never been about what we want others to see: it's about what we want to see; it's about what we want… — Matt Skiba Career Copy Share Image
For Alkaline Trio, Chicago is our hometown. The band started there. Even though we all live in different cities now, we still… — Matt Skiba Copy Share Image
The Sekrets record is very much me, and Dan's Emergency Room is very much him. And then Alkaline Trio is very much… — Matt Skiba Emergency Copy Share Image
Being on Epic, it wasn't like we got signed to a multi-million-dollar deal. — Matt Skiba Being Copy Share Image
Creating a record on my own and deciding who plays and how the songs were structured, it was fun to do. — Matt Skiba Fun Copy Share Image
I've done some stuff with Glenn Danzig before, and while I can't really say that we're friends, we're friendly acquaintances. — Matt Skiba Acquaintances Copy Share Image
I'm in Alkaline Trio; I guess I get to rip off myself. I give myself permission. — Matt Skiba Copy Share Image
I usually just wear black so my shoes and my socks are my rays of sunshine. — Matt Skiba Copy Share Image
Touring with Blink helped introduce people to Alkaline Trio who otherwise wouldn't have ever heard of us. — Matt Skiba Copy Share Image
The Ramones all hate each other, and they did it for decades. I wouldn't be able to do that. That would be… — Matt Skiba Copy Share Image
Even when I'm old and grey I'll probably be cruising around and bunny-hopping and stuff. In the words of the Descendents, "I… — Matt Skiba Copy Share Image
I used to race at the YMCA in Crystal Lake, Illinois, they used to have a dirt track there, and there was… — Matt Skiba Crystals Copy Share Image
I don't think we're any more preoccupied by life and death or heaven and hell than anyone else, but it's fun to… — Matt Skiba Death Copy Share Image
I think for us - and for a lot of people in the Church of Satan - we definitely like ruffling people's… — Matt Skiba Church Copy Share Image
My parents have always been very supportive. But now that I play in Blink, all of my parents' friends are so jazzed… — Matt Skiba Copy Share Image
I have the '86 Haro Master that I built. It was the bike I wanted as a kid and couldn't afford, and… — Matt Skiba Copy Share Image
The Church of Satan was something, aesthetically, that we were always really fascinated with and wanted to emulate. I think it's a… — Matt Skiba Copy Share Image
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