Matt Berninger Quotes & Sayings

“A person with grace is somebody who's socially graceful or is a classy person, but sometimes you just feel the opposite of that, and you just feel like a jerk and a loser and a weirdo.”

“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.”

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

“The truth is, I'm pretty lighthearted.”

“I love to make songs out of some of those shadows - you know, some of the things you lie awake thinking about, social anxieties and romantic insecurities and all that stuff.”

“A lot of my lyrics are approximate meaning without me knowing why they sound right.”

“A suit is a sign of respect.”

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

“My favourite store? Seize Sur Vingt in New York. They make most of my suits, and they are really cool people.”

“Sometimes you have to wear what you want.”