“I don't feel [the] excitement you have when you first walk into a recording studio. It now feels like a tool.” Quote by Jonathan Meiburg
“I get more excited about like, "How nice is the piano?" or "How does the room sound?" I don't really see the gear so much anymore.” DoeSoundRoomsNiceExcitedPianoGears Author:Jonathan Meiburg
“When you make a record, you probably are not going to hit exactly what you were aiming for. You also have to let go at a certain point, and just trust it.” CertainRecordsLetting Go Author:Jonathan Meiburg
“I just like dealing with scientists for awhile and then going over and dealing with musicians for awhile. They both have qualities that kind of counterbalance each other.” KindQualityMusicianScientist Author:Jonathan Meiburg
“It may be a product of me being raised in episcopal church, but I have a love for ritual and theater and the significance of doing the exact same thing over and over. So I really love knowing every little thing I'm going to do during a show.” MayLittlesShowsChurchKnowingProductsTheaterRaisedSignificanceLittle ThingsRitual Author:Jonathan Meiburg
“I don't consider myself a very religious person in any.” PersonsReligiousReligious Person Author:Jonathan Meiburg
“I certainly think there are things that impressed me as a child about the church. The smells and the sounds and the pagaentry of it remained with me. The aesthetic I really love. I think a lot of my sense of melody comes from singing those hymns and doing the renaissance music and stuff.” ThinkingChildrenStuffSoundChurchSingingSmellMelodyAestheticImpressedRenaissanceHymns Author:Jonathan Meiburg
“The nice thing about being a band that nobody knows about is that you can do whatever you want.” KnowsWantCan DoNiceBandNobody KnowsNice ThingsDo Whatever You Want Author:Jonathan Meiburg
“I like having some things very clear while other things are obscured... so that it kind of keeps coming into and out of focus.” KindClearFocus Author:Jonathan Meiburg
“It's not like I'm narrating stories with music behind them. It's all kind of one thing. You hope you can provoke a specific emotional reaction, but in ways that aren't quite plain.” WayKindStoriesBehindsOne ThingEmotionalMusic IsReactionsAll KindsProvokingEmotional Reactions Author:Jonathan Meiburg
“When I was writing some of songs for the record in Galapagos it was the feeling of being there I wanted to evoke more than anything. I remember hearing all the parts of the songs in my mind when I was walking around over the lava fields.” WritingMindFeelingsWantedRememberSongRecordsFieldsWalkingHearingBeing ThereEvokeLava Author:Jonathan Meiburg