Matt Malley Quotes

United States,
1991

Counting Crows is an American rock band from Berkeley, California, formed in 1991. The band consists of Adam Duritz (lead vocals, piano), David Bryson (guitar), Charlie Gillingham (keyboards, piano, accordion), Dan Vickrey (lead guitar), David Immerglück (lead guitar, pedal steel, mandolin, bass guitar), Jim Bogios (drums, percussion) and Millard Powers (bass guitar, piano, guitar).

It's impossible having five, six, seven people in a room being creative together and not fight, because you want to fight. It's the only way creativity works, if you all put your ideas in.

Adam Duritz Matt Malley
- Ideas
- Fight
- Creative
It's always music first, or melody and words together, but never words first.

Adam Duritz Matt Malley
- Music
- Words
- Melody

Over and over again in my life, I find closeness to other people and proximity to other people really painful; that's part of my mental illness, social anxiety. Closeness to other people is really hard, but it's also a shame because it's all you want too. But it doesn't always work.

Adam Duritz Matt Malley
- My Life
- Shame
- Painful
That's where the songs come from: that's what I'd most want people to understand. What sounds good or looks good, that's nothing. The only worthwhile thing in art is seeing someone else's heart.

Adam Duritz Matt Malley
- Heart
- Understand
- Songs
There is nothing more important you can ever do for this world than to wake up and be a part of it.

Adam Duritz Matt Malley
- Important
- Part
- Wae Up
I think that, often, the people who can make you happy are right there, and having them in your life would make your life better, but you can't see how to do it.

Adam Duritz Matt Malley
- Life
- Happy
- I Think