"I’m a happy guy, that’s why our songs are so mean and sad."
- Matt Berninger (via iwasacamera-) (via vintage-nouveau)
(Source: yeswecancan, via desperatetoentertain)
"I’m a happy guy, that’s why our songs are so mean and sad."
- Matt Berninger (via iwasacamera-) (via vintage-nouveau)
"I loved the names like, “The The” and “The Smiths and “The Clean”—those were the kind of names that were just so boring they were great. And that was what was amazing about them. I didn’t want a name like “The Arctic Monkeys” or something clever, you know? So, “The National” seemed as boring as I could come up with. Turned out to be a problem because it’s really hard to Google…"
- Matt Berninger of The National, on CNN (Yes, CNN)
(via austinkleon)
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"I think we’ll probably lose to a Muppets song, but you know, there’s no shame in that. It was really fun to see our names associated with the Academy Awards in any capacity. If we are in fact nominated that would be a blast, but none of us are crossing our fingers on that. Win Win was just a really fun project to work on. Tom McCarthy asked us to write a song for the end of the film. The whole thing was just a really good experience. So yeah, if it gets any more recognition, that would be just icing."
- Matt Berninger told Rolling Stone on being shortlisted for an Oscar for best original song for Think You Can Wait
(Source: Rolling Stone)
