20 Quotes by Matt Nathanson

When I was a kid I just had headphones on all the time, and it changed the way I see things and the way I interpret things.

I feel vulnerable a lot interacting with human beings and being honest with people, and if I read their energy kind of not getting or shutting me down or this feeling of where we’re not connecting, that’s kind of a vulnerable place for me.

The thing that makes me feel most alive would be when I’m hanging out with my family and feeling my connection with them and feeling safe and content in that.

I have a strong desire to connect. And so when I don’t get that, I leave that situation feeling particularly wounded.

It’s like a spiritual elevation that occurs when you’re playing and becoming one with the instrument or players on the stage.

I would be heavenly if baby you’d just rescue me now.

I think I feel vulnerable most of the time. I feel on guard. I’ve gotten pretty good at putting my fists down and kind of allowing the world to be, so that I don’t feel threatened as much.

I like interacting with human beings, so being on stage feels like a larger version of that – kind of like throwing a party.

I just want my kid to not hate and to be a good human. That’s what you try to do. You hope that they are the next evolution of your thing.