I’ve put out a lot of stuff that just confused and alienated people: a huge chunk of songs that were verbal and musical challenges to myself, thoughts I was keeping myself busy with, nothing I had any intention of anybody grasping onto. Lou Barlow Read Quote
For me, it’s hard to enter any situation with people where we’re considering everyone equals, because I bring all of this massive baggage into anything that I do, preconceptions of my work. That’s a lot for the people that I might be bringing along with me to bear. Lou Barlow Read Quote
J. makes me laugh. He’s incredibly dry and has a pretty harsh sense of humor that I enjoy. Lou Barlow Read Quote
I really don’t have a method. I gravitate towards the organic/acoustic, but I still often complete songs musically before attempting to find the lyric. Lou Barlow Read Quote
Most of the times that I’ve written break-up songs, it’s been different because I was always trying to get back to something: get back to a situation or talk my way or sing my way back into the relationship. Lou Barlow Read Quote
Coming back to Dinosaur Jr. and actually writing songs for the band was really intense for me. Lou Barlow Read Quote
I’ve learned by experience that, if I get too clever with lyrics, or if I’m not totally embodying my own wants and needs in the songs, I can’t remember them. Lou Barlow Read Quote
Young bands are so angry. There are young bands that are so incredibly successful, getting incredible reviews, and they are totally angry. Lou Barlow Read Quote
It’s cool to think about nursing, because a lot of people decide to go into it later in their lives. I could slip into school to be an LPN or an RN as a middle-aged man, and it wouldn’t be unusual. Lou Barlow Read Quote
I’ve always tried to make music for someone who’s never heard anything I’ve ever done. Lou Barlow Read Quote
