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. Frankie Cosmos More Quotes by Frankie Cosmos More Quotes From 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! Frankie Cosmos childhood piano wish Everyone on the Internet is sad. Why else would they be on the Internet? Frankie Cosmos internet 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. Frankie Cosmos writing song beautiful I feel like I can be infinitely inspired because New York is huge. There's always a new street I can go to, or a billion new people who I haven't met that I could write about. New York is very humbling. Frankie Cosmos new-york writing people 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. Frankie Cosmos hate new-york winter 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. Frankie Cosmos new-york writing trying You meet a lot of people in New York who are different than you, and have different stories, so I see everyone as super individual. Frankie Cosmos different new-york people I started going to rock shows at a really young age, and seeing other young people make music definitely influenced me. Frankie Cosmos rocks age people My music doesn't sound punk, but I see it as a punk action. Frankie Cosmos punk sound action 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. Frankie Cosmos nice new-york beautiful When I was younger, my view of New York was really wide-eyed and excited. I've lived here all my life. Frankie Cosmos excited new-york views I feel like the cosmos implies mystery, or infinite secrets. Frankie Cosmos cosmos mystery secret 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. Frankie Cosmos aunt guitar song There are some people I've met and it's stressful just speaking to them, because they're really pretentious and I don't know how to talk to them without being pretentious back. Frankie Cosmos stressful pretentious people The first music-learning thing that I took seriously was piano lessons when I was a kid. I guess that was probably the only time that I was forced to perform music, because I had piano recitals, and my school also had mandatory music classes that had some performing required. Frankie Cosmos seriously music time school Once you're in a position where you can choose to not be around toxic environments, just do that as much as you can. Frankie Cosmos choose just you position I think I'd like my hair to be perfect. Frankie Cosmos like think perfect hair I don't really understand how to do bureaucratic things - school-system things. Frankie Cosmos really how things understand I never was interested in acting, and I never became good at it. Frankie Cosmos interested never good acting I love going to weddings. I love movie scenes of weddings. Even, like, TV-show weddings - I cry at every wedding. Frankie Cosmos like wedding cry love
