“I remember when I was 5 or 6 years old, gospel music felt familiar, like I had heard it in the womb or something. A lot of those old gospel songs still give me that feeling, that it's older than time and there's actually music that can tap into a universal subconscious, or whatever word you want to put on it.” WantGivingYearsStillsFeelingsRememberSongFeltHeardUniversalGive MeFamiliarSubconsciousRemember WhenWombGospel MusicGospel Songs Author:M. Ward
“Even though someone has died, a piece of their spirit can still be alive. That's an exciting world for me to take music into, or to attempt to do that.” WorldStillsSpiritPiecesAliveExcitingDied Author:M. Ward
“If I'm writing... even a piece of a song... I write it down. If it still resonates six months down the line, a year, even five, those are the ones you put in your bag and you take to the studio. You come to realize, the ones that don't make it, they were only meant to live for that moment in your notebook or on the 4-track-and plenty of songs never get any farther than the 4-track.” IfsWritingYearsStillsMomentsSongRealizingLinesFivePiecesMonthsSixTrackStudiosPlentyBagsThat MomentSongwritingSix MonthsNotebook Author:M. Ward
“I don't like the way recording to digital sounds. Most of the time when I'm recording to 2-inch tape, I still have a romantic vision of how songs sounded coming out of the radio when I was younger, and how they sounded coming out of my little four-track cassette player.” WayLittlesStillsTwoSongSoundVisionFourPlayerTrackRadioDigitalComing OutInchesTapeCassettes Author:M. Ward
