“I hope people hear my songs and realize that writing music is kind of easy, or that taking your sadness and turning it into a beautiful song is worthwhile.” PeopleWritingKindBeautifulSongEasyRealizingSadnessMusic IsWorthwhileWriting Music Author:Frankie Cosmos
“The first song I wrote, in fifth grade, was totally ripped from Jeffrey Lewis. My aunt's boyfriend gave me bass lessons, and I played drums for a year in sixth grade. Around seventh grade, I got a guitar and forgot everything else.” YearsFirstsSongLessonsGuitarGradesFifthAuntBassRippedSixth GradeSeventh GradeFifth Grade Author:Frankie Cosmos
“I played piano for a lot of my childhood and stupidly quit. I wish I hadn't - I could have been a great classical pianist!” Has BeensWishChildhoodQuittingPianoCould Have BeenPianist Author:Frankie Cosmos
“I feel like the cosmos implies mystery, or infinite secrets.” FeelsSecretMysteryInfiniteCosmos Author:Frankie Cosmos
“I was thinking about New York and realized how much I hate walking around in the winter and how much I dread getting on the train.” ThinkingHateNew YorkWalkingI HateTrainWinterDread Author:Frankie Cosmos
“When I was younger, my view of New York was really wide-eyed and excited. I've lived here all my life.” ViewsNew YorkExcitedWide Author:Frankie Cosmos
“My relationship to New York has changed a lot. I feel lucky to live here. A lot of times you walk through the city and don't notice that you're in a really beautiful neighborhood, or that you're passing a beautiful building. It's nice, as an exercise, to keep aware that you're in a really lucky place.” FeelsBeautifulWalksCitiesNiceNew YorkChangedBuildingExerciseLuckyPassingPassingsNeighborhoodReally Beautiful Author:Frankie Cosmos
“Writing songs about it is a really useful way for me to love New York more, and stay observing it, and not just zone it out.” WayWritingSongNew YorkZoneObservingWriting Songs Author:Frankie Cosmos
“I'm trying to do what Frank O'Hara did and remind myself there there's a lot of good stuff. I write about New York for my own mental health.” WritingTryingStuffMy OwnNew YorkMental HealthFrank Author:Frankie Cosmos