111 Quotes by Lou Barlow

Literally everything I do is either write songs and play music, or I'm immersed in my domestic life.

I think people, just because of digital recording and how computers have become such an important part of our lives, I think the means to record music now is in more people's hands. It's a lot cheaper than it used to be.

J. makes me laugh. He's incredibly dry and has a pretty harsh sense of humor that I enjoy.

I was cripplingly shy. When I was in high school, my teachers thought I was mentally disabled because I wouldn't be able to say anything or do anything. They thought I didn't speak.

I think musicians naturally gravitate toward music that sounds real.

I always felt weird. I don't feel particularly likeable.

Maybe I can't write without painting myself into a corner first.

All the issues you deal with get more complicated as you get older; it takes more focus to write songs that reflect what you've gone through.

I always felt that when people found things that they didn't like about me, it seemed to distance them from me.