Matt Berninger
Matt Berninger
Matthew Donald Berninger, known as Matt Berningeris a Cincinnati native, Los Angeles-based singer/songwriter, primarily known as the frontman of indie rock band The National. In 2014 he formed the EL VY project with Brent Knopf of Menomena and released the album Return to the Moon in November 2015...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth13 February 1971
CityCincinnati, OH
CountryUnited States of America
writing important stories
It is the melody and the rhythm that are by far the most important and then words and imagery and stuff, story bits will start to stick to a melody and that is the way I write.
coffee flower weather
Live on coffee and flowers. Try not to worry what the weather will be.
writing feelings trying
I never sit and fill a journal with lyrics. Most of the time I'm trying to write a feeling, not a story. I'm not necessarily trying to describe the details of a place or event so much as the feeling of the thing. It is a kind of weird alchemy that is elusive until it feels right.
opposites grace loser
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.
personality darkness
I became at peace with the darkness or the personality that I have. I am usually pretty funny and happy.
wine reality littles
I drink wine on stage to sort of loosen my grip on reality a little.
caring thinking rocks
I think most people start rock bands in their early twenties or teens, but I was almost thirty at the time when the band started really doing anything and it took another several years before people started caring about us.
rocks concerts appeals
I actually don't go to shows anymore. Rock concerts have lost their appeal for me.
party rocks clubs
Maybe because I have spent too much of my life in rock clubs. I don't really go to parties anymore either. I'll usually be in the bus by 11:30 after a show.
nice real character
I usually always think of characters and sometimes the characters are a little bit invented, so it's nice to give these invented, blurry, personas an actually name. It makes me get closer to them or something like that. But they're not all real, they're weird amalgamations of reality.
home writing years
I'm trying to figure out how to record at home because I have a tiny house and a seven-year-old and my wife also works at home. So I can't work in the house because she's trying to write, so I pitched a tent in the backyard. I'm literally trying to record in the tent.
vacation turns i-can
I can never turn a tour into a vacation.
people community together
Music has got a community vibe to it that pulls people together, and those communities are different in different places.
want kind realizing
Somehow, you realize you can kind of do anything in music. You don't have to be good at a certain thing; you can just do whatever you want.