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.
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.
watched
I watched R.E.M. connect with the back row of a 50,000-seat venue.
I don't play an instrument. I pretend. I try to.
thinking guy balance
I'm not saying I'm not a moody guy sometimes, but I think I have a pretty normal balance.
cool favourite
My favourite store? Seize Sur Vingt in New York. They make most of my suits, and they are really cool people.
song writing editing
When I have just sat down and tried to write the lyrics of a song, usually about half of it sounds like bullshit. I just have to go away from something and come back to it again later. I do a lot of editing and switching around and putting little pieces together to get the right mood and personality, and it takes me forever to get a song finished.
Sometimes you have to wear what you want.
kids thinking perspective
Trying to make it and get people to respect your band, being a cool band-all of that stuff-I think we've arrived at a place where we have kids and everything is in perspective and it doesn't matter.
thinking rocks rock-and-roll
I'm doing a little freelance work, and I think everybody's trying to take their minds off rock and roll for a little while and get some perspective.
although best caught cave dead nick pair wear
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.