82 Quotes by M. Ward

I get most of my inspiration from older records and older production styles, and that ends up rearing its head in the records that I make.

There's at least one fist bump every interview.

I believe in working with songs that have personal value for me.

I always prefer other people's interpretations over my own, so I'm not very quick to make explicit what exactly a song or record is about.

One of the great things about music is that it has the capability of time travel - you smell a certain smell in the room and it takes you back to your childhood. I feel like music is able to do that, and it happens to me all the time.

One of the great things about music is that it has the capability of time travel – you smell a certain smell in the room and it takes you back to your childhood. I feel like music is able to do that, and it happens to me all the time.

I don’t really watch TV series because I don’t want to get hooked on them and have them suck up all my time.

When you work on a record for three years, it’s a great sense of relief when it is finally out in the world. It just feels good.

I’m somebody who doesn’t feel the need to be in the driver’s seat all the time. I appreciate the perspective of being in the passenger’s seat sometimes, and I feel fortunate for that because I’ve learned a lot from that perspective.