Doug Martsch Quotes & Sayings

To me, Modest Mouse is one of the best bands ever. I actually wasn't surprised that they made it big. It's always weird to see it happen, and it happens so fast, all of a sudden songs are in the background on TV. — Doug Martsch

People who were really good at playing or singing seemed boring to me. — Doug Martsch

My whole view of music completely flipped over on its head. I grew up listening to punk rock, SST. I liked people that were making music that weren't necessarily very good at their instruments, it was more about the ideas they had than how well they could play and sing. — Doug Martsch

Sometimes songs need extra time and space to really play themselves out, and some songs it's like, this is all you need, a straightforward thing. — Doug Martsch

For me, I'm more of a songwriter than a guitar player or singer. And not having things to work on was really kind of nice. — Doug Martsch

It's really hard for me to capture this certain way of singing that sounds good to me. I don't really understand it, but hopefully some day I'll figure it out. — Doug Martsch

If people like electronic music, then great - let that be the next thing. I don't think I ever really will, but there's plenty of records for me to go buy. — Doug Martsch

I could never settle down into a reggae band, that's too bizarre. — Doug Martsch

I don't listen to a ton of music other than putting my show together, just because my lifestyle isn't too conducive to listening to music all the time. I like to watch basketball, and I would rather not listen to music while I'm doing that. — Doug Martsch

There are lot of bands that have too many songs, I think. — Doug Martsch

That's one of those hazards of an interview: You get tired of your stock answer and you try to get creative and even play devil's advocate. — Doug Martsch

If you know that someone is going to hear what you're doing, you're always going to be self-conscious about it. In a way that's good; it spurs you on. — Doug Martsch

When I was growing up, I really liked punk rock. I liked the sort of people that played really powerful music that was pretty unassuming otherwise - people who didn't dress weird or do much theatrics. — Doug Martsch

There are certain recordings where my voice sounds good to me. Singing live I really enjoy, but I don't know how good it sounds. — Doug Martsch