I can finish a show and walk through the audience without being recognized. Lou Barlow More Quotes by Lou Barlow More Quotes From Lou Barlow Look for magic in the daily routine Lou Barlow routinemagiclooks When I start to write a song, I have the words and I have the melody, and then it's just a matter of making it to the end. I think if I have something that I could identify as a talent, it would be that I can finish a song. I kind of know intuitively where the melody should go. Lou Barlow writingsongthinking Music doesn't always bring me to tears; if I hear "Love" by John Lennon at a vulnerable moment it will bring me to tears. Lou Barlow vulnerabletearsmoments I enjoy Dinosaur for what it is. It's a unique band that has a unique chemistry. Lou Barlow chemistryenjoybandunique It's cool to think about nursing, because a lot of people decide to go into it later in their lives. I could slip into school to be an LPN or an RN as a middle-aged man, and it wouldn't be unusual. Lou Barlow coolmanpeopleschool To bicker over what could have been is silly. Lou Barlow couldoverbeensilly Within Istanbul, there's a ton of people who are totally hip - like, the hippest people you could ever meet. Lou Barlow meetlikeyoupeople Everybody talking about being afraid of being boring is boring. You have to go for the real substance of life after awhile. Lou Barlow youboringtalkinglife I don't focus on one thing. I play guitar and bass and keyboards and drums, but I never stay on anything long enough to become a specialist at it. Lou Barlow neverguitarfocuslong I hear people telling me a lot that the production of that particular record - 'One Part Lullaby' - really influenced them. I'm like, 'What? We were dropped from the label after that!' Lou Barlow hearlikemepeople I'm realizing I need to be in close proximity to everyone I'm working with because that - I don't know - it keeps me engaged. Lou Barlow everyoneneedknowme I wrote 'Healthy Sick,' from our first LP, when I was 19. I'll happily play it till I'm 91 because it always feels good and truthful. Lou Barlow goodalwayssickplay I'm the Folk Implosion's biggest fan. Lou Barlow folkbiggestfan I wrote a song for my sister's wedding. Lou Barlow wrotesisterweddingsong At 12 or 13, I picked up a guitar because my mother made me learn how to play. Lou Barlow meguitarmotherplay To be doing interviews in 2006 for a band I was kicked out of in 1989 - a band that I never thought I would play for again - in a way, it's weird. Lou Barlow weirdneverthoughtway That's what I've figured out over the years - the way I write makes people feel uncomfortable. Lou Barlow feeluncomfortablepeopleway The first songs I ever wrote - my first, like, serious offerings - were all written on ukulele. It's always been a part of the way I write for a really long time. Lou Barlow long-timeserioustimelong If you put heavy, regular classic guitar strings on a baritone ukulele, it gets pretty low. It has a really nice, low, warm feel to it. Lou Barlow feelyouguitarnice Los Angeles was really beautiful, and California in general is a great place to live. Lou Barlow liveplacegreatbeautiful
