Marnie Stern Quotes

United States, Musician
March 18, 1976

Marnie Stern is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and guitarist. She has garnered acclaim for her technical skill and tapping style of guitar play. Stern is also a current member of The 8G Band from the show Late Night with Seth Meyers.

Also known as Singer-Songwriter, Guitarist

I had been wanting to give guitar lessons to girls because I feel like women tend to use their voice as the starting point for a song and learn a few chords, and then it ends there because then they just use their voice to flesh out a song.

Marnie Stern
- Women
- Song
I don't want to be seen as this math-rock geek.

Marnie Stern
- Rock
- Math

I was listening to a lot of math rock-y type bands do lots of complex stuff and I couldn't figure out how they were doing it. Then I realized that sometimes they were finger tapping, so I started messing around doing it.

Marnie Stern
- Rock
- Listening
- Math
For stage I try to dress down, because I want people to take me seriously.

Marnie Stern
- People
Most of my playing style is very on point - the tapping, just by nature of being rhythmic, is tight - so I'd like to explore something looser and less precise.

Marnie Stern
- Nature
- Style
- Explore
Lightning Bolt and Hella are two bands I listen to, and there's a lot of finger tapping going on there.

Marnie Stern
Music is entirely subjective. I was thinking that for myself, for songwriting and what I like to listen to, to help motivate me as a songwriter, as a musician, there are certain things I lean towards and certain things I don't.

Marnie Stern
- Music
- Thinking
- Help
I know of dude-bands who've brought big, crazy dogs on tour. Everybody loves their animal.

Marnie Stern
- Crazy
- Animal

People assume I sell a lot more records than I actually do. I really don't sell any.

Marnie Stern
- People
Mainstream to me equals boring, so I don't want to be doing that.

Marnie Stern