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Matt Berninger Quotes

American - Musician | February 13, 1971 -

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 and wouldn't be caught dead in denim.

Best Know Dead Cave Jeans Own

Sometimes you have to wear what you want.

You Sometimes Want Wear

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 that he's gone the wrong way.

Direction Stubborn Driving Wrong Way

I watched R.E.M. connect with the back row of a 50,000-seat venue.

Back Connect Venue Watched Row

Once you do have a child, you want to talk about every detail of it. And it is really boring to all your friends, and it should be. I was really worried about even going there at all.

Child Detail Friends You Boring

A lot of the lyrics I write involve images that just swing the song in a way that feels really good to me and there isn't a literal explanation. They're not riddles for the listener to solve.

Good Me Song Swing Way Write

Usually, writing lyrics for me is like bleeding drop by drop from the forehead.

Me Writing Forehead Drop Like

'Alligator' was the first record that anyone paid attention to, and it seemed like it was the screamy songs that got us that attention.

Attention First Alligator Us Paid

At first, when 'Boxer' came out, people were a little let down, and we worried that it might be the end for us. But then it began to grow on people. 'Boxer' bought us our creative freedom.

Freedom Creative People End Grow

When it comes to lyrics, I just write down a lot of things, and only a very tiny fraction of it, I think, is any good.

Good Think Down Write Things Just

Lyrics need to be good, but they don't need to be obvious right away.

Good Need Right Away Obvious Lyrics

The lyrics are what I work on the hardest, but I'm not trying to make a perfectly clear message or anything like that. In fact, I'm usually trying to avoid saying something too directly, because usually that rings false anyway.

Work Saying Trying Anything Rings

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