Matt Will
Matt Will
song drinking wine
I've never quite felt totally comfortable up on stage. I've gotten more comfortable, but drinking wine is a crutch that gives me a little courage. It helps me lose a little bit of the self-consciousness and the awareness of how awkward it is standing on a stage with lights and a bunch of people looking at you while you sing love songs.
song connected ifs
A song is a song and, if I am emotionally connected to do it, whether it is sad or not sad, I am going to chase that song.
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.
song emotional singing
It's not hard to connect with the music on an emotional level and get inside the songs. It's odd, very vulnerable, and slightly embarrassing to be standing and singing and playing music in front of a bunch of strangers.
wine reality littles
I drink wine on stage to sort of loosen my grip on reality a little.
book heart emotional
There are records that you just sink into. They coincide with what you’re going through and become an ally. If our records do that for people, that’s the greatest compliment I could ever receive. That’s one of the reasons making music is so important to me, because there’s a very strange emotional reach. For me—more than books or movies or other things—music is like a mainline to your heart.
forget-everything forget like-you
You gotta lean towards the things that make you like yourself. Forget everything else.
song writing want
The last thing you want to do is write songs about being in a band.
personality darkness
I became at peace with the darkness or the personality that I have. I am usually pretty funny and happy.
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.
angles chase fell led mentally period second system
In the second period we fell asleep. (Alex) was focused, he had his angles down and was mentally prepared. We got out of our system and started to chase and that led to penalties.
build forward half knowing last looking played second step ways wondering
In the second half last year, we played better, and we should build off that. We have a lot of second-year players. I know for myself that, in your first year, you go out wondering if you really belong, and your second year, you come back knowing you can play at this level. You aren't wondering if you belong. You are looking for ways to step forward as a team.
became clear missed opportunity planning process street
In the process of planning this event, it became clear that we had to do more than get them in the street and make noise. It's going to be a missed opportunity if we don't do that.