Top 19 Quotes & Sayings by Matt Nathanson

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American singer Matt Nathanson.
Last updated on April 17, 2025.
Matt Nathanson

Matthew Adam Nathanson is an American singer-songwriter whose work is a blend of folk and rock and roll music. In addition to singing, he plays acoustic and electric guitar, and has played both solo and with a full band. His work includes the platinum-selling song "Come On Get Higher". One of his hit songs, "Giants", was the opening music for the 2016 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas on ESPN.

I feel vulnerable a lot interacting with human beings and being honest with people, and if I read their energy kind of not getting or shutting me down or this feeling of where we're not connecting, that's kind of a vulnerable place for me.
The only way I get back to my center is either by talking to my wife or by spending time by myself.
I would be heavenly if baby you'd just rescue me now — © Matt Nathanson
I would be heavenly if baby you'd just rescue me now
When I play, I open up. I'm in the heat of the performance and it's a healing thing. It's great!
I know that human beings are better together than they are apart, as much as I fought that all my life.
I like interacting with human beings, so being on stage feels like a larger version of that - kind of like throwing a party. It's like knocking into the human collision of everyday life and it just so happens to break down the wall between the audience and me and helps the songs communicate better.
Every day is the start of something beautiful.
I like interacting with human beings, so being on stage feels like a larger version of that - kind of like throwing a party.
The thing that makes me feel most alive would be when I'm hanging out with my family and feeling my connection with them and feeling safe and content in that.
Music for me is this thing that's sort of saved my life over the course of my whole life, whether it be writing songs or listening to other people's stuff.
When I was a kid I just had headphones on all the time, and it changed the way I see things and the way I interpret things.
I have a strong desire to connect. And so when I don't get that, I leave that situation feeling particularly wounded.
I just want my kid to not hate and to be a good human. That's what you try to do. You hope that they are the next evolution of your thing.
When I play, I open up. I'm in the heat of the performance and it's a healing thing. It's great! It's like a spiritual elevation that occurs when you're playing and becoming one with the instrument or players on the stage. It takes on this incredible feeling of levitating and the molecules spin differently in the moment.
I think I feel vulnerable most of the time. I feel on guard. I've gotten pretty good at putting my fists down and kind of allowing the world to be, so that I don't feel threatened as much.
It's like a spiritual elevation that occurs when you're playing and becoming one with the instrument or players on the stage.
It's amazing, the look in your eyes, like you could save me, but you won't even try
Staying present and staying myself in the midst of others is important. — © Matt Nathanson
Staying present and staying myself in the midst of others is important.
I'll forget about you long enough to forget why I need to
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