30 Quotes by Matt Tong

I'm not excited when bands strip things down. I'm not excited by the White Stripes.

I never saw the point in listening to only one thing. The low art/high art distinction comes from the establishment telling me how I'm supposed to think.

I think there's real currency in pop culture.

I never understood the low art/high art distinction.

Even that word depends on what you mean by pop. I mean, pop music has currency. It could just be about that girl who's in love with you.

There's so much to be said for making your guitar sound like a synthesizer and try to make your drummer sound like a drum machine.

The live experience and the recorded experience are totally different. When you're recording an album, you won't be able to immerse people in sound. When you play live, you want to grab people on the visceral level. They're completely different.

There's so much that you can do if you mimic your style to a drum machine. I think that's far more exciting.

I don't really believe in the use of drum machines live.