I really tried to go for that sound of the '60s pop melodies but I'm living in the present so that makes it contemporary. I like to pretend I'm outside of myself and that is what the recordings and the process helped me to do. Matt Costa More Quotes by Matt Costa More Quotes From Matt Costa I started skateboarding when I was 12, and I broke my leg when I was 19 so... seven years. Matt Costa seven broke skateboarding My first songs, I would just record them on this little tape recorder, and then I didn't start recording songs I really liked until my friend gave me a 4-track (recorder) and that's when my ideas really started coming together. Matt Costa together song You can never plan what a song will do. I wrote Mr Pitiful song on a piano I paid $200 for and I definitely got my money's worth. Matt Costa song