Quotes by Matthew Sweet

Matthew Sweet

Back then, we could drive a mile from home and there was nothing. Now it’s grown in every direction and is populated and modernized. I guess I have mixed feelings about it, but I’m not someone that thinks everything should stop growing.

Feelings

Home

Thinking

Creativity is much better when it’s free. Someone can take it and sell it if that’s what it needs, and from that standpoint, you have to have a label. If you could make your music and just give it away and somehow make a living – that would be the best scenario.

Creativity

Giving

Would Be

Girlfriend and 100 Percent Fun were my two peeks, around ’92 and ’96. The reality is that the times I had the most media success, sold lots of records and played bigger shows, I had the least control of my own life.

Fun

Girlfriend

Success

He wanted to play accordion on something of mine and I said you can play accordion, but I want you to play piano and organ on some stuff. He came over a couple times a week for two weeks and gave me therapy as to whether I should do The Thorns or not.

Couple

Piano

Play

I believe in nature instead of God.

Believe

I Believe

I Believe In

I figured if the plane goes down, I’ll go with a great genius and will always have my name connected with his.

Genius

Names

Planes

I had no allusions of radio success. I just loved being in studios. I was having fun and in that sense I now feel a lot like I did when I did that record.

Fun

Records

Success

I have more perspective now, and am happier now. It’s not that I don’t want success, but I now know I can have success at a lower level and make much more money doing it by myself. I make $6 or $7 bucks a record vs. nothing off those other records.

Perspective

Records

Success

I only felt a cold wind blow while I tried to hang on to the past.

Blow

Past

Sadness

I wanted Kimi to be a Japanese record with a Japanese title. I wanted it to be for them. They appreciate things on a different level, and take their art very seriously – that’s special if you’re an artist.

Appreciate

Art

Special

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Appreciate

Art

Believe

Birthday

Blow

Buddhism

Burning

College

Couple

Creativity

Curious

Dykes

Expression

Feelings

Fun

Genius

Girlfriend

Giving

Growing Up

Home

I Believe

I Believe In

Imagination

Japan

Killing

Labels

Land

Laughing

Letting Go

Lines

Lying

Media

Men

Mind Your Own Business

Names

Nice

Party

Past

People

Perspective

Piano

Planes

Play

Reality

Records

Sadness

Songwriting

Special

Success

Summer

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Quotes by Matthew Sweet

Matthew Sweet

Back then, we could drive a mile from home and there was nothing. Now it’s grown in every direction and is populated and modernized. I guess I have mixed feelings about it, but I’m not someone that thinks everything should stop growing.

Creativity is much better when it’s free. Someone can take it and sell it if that’s what it needs, and from that standpoint, you have to have a label. If you could make your music and just give it away and somehow make a living – that would be the best scenario.

Girlfriend and 100 Percent Fun were my two peeks, around ’92 and ’96. The reality is that the times I had the most media success, sold lots of records and played bigger shows, I had the least control of my own life.

He wanted to play accordion on something of mine and I said you can play accordion, but I want you to play piano and organ on some stuff. He came over a couple times a week for two weeks and gave me therapy as to whether I should do The Thorns or not.

I believe in nature instead of God.

I figured if the plane goes down, I’ll go with a great genius and will always have my name connected with his.

I had no allusions of radio success. I just loved being in studios. I was having fun and in that sense I now feel a lot like I did when I did that record.

I have more perspective now, and am happier now. It’s not that I don’t want success, but I now know I can have success at a lower level and make much more money doing it by myself. I make $6 or $7 bucks a record vs. nothing off those other records.

I only felt a cold wind blow while I tried to hang on to the past.

I wanted Kimi to be a Japanese record with a Japanese title. I wanted it to be for them. They appreciate things on a different level, and take their art very seriously – that’s special if you’re an artist.

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