Nate Ruess Quotes

I Think Any Branding For Me Is Band-related. It's Really Weird To Get Used To The Exposure, Because I Am A Naturally Introverted Person, And I'm Not Exactly Social. Occasionally I Can Get Comfortable Enough To Talk, But I Spend A Lot Of My Days Not Talking, Especially When I'm At Home And Not On Tour.

I Was Signed At 19 Years Old To A Major Label, And Dropped By The Time I Was 22.

I Don't Have A Twitter Or A Facebook, But That Doesn't Mean I'm Any More Productive Than The Rest Of The World.

My Girlfriend Is A Fashion Designer. She Has Her Own Company Called Rachel Antonoff. She Is Doing A Collaboration With Urban Outfitters Right Now, A Shoe Collaboration With Bass. She Sells To Barneys, Stuff Like That.

If You Look At A Lot Of The Songs I've Been Involved In, There's Always Been This Retro Vibe. I Started Getting Worried That I Wasn't Moving Forward Very Much, Nor Was I Even In Tune With The Music Today. I Almost Scoffed At It.

In A City Like New York, Any Night Can Be Completely Different, Even In A Subtle Way.

A Lot Of Times When I'm Writing Lyrics, I Just Think About Insecurities That I Might Have And Turn Them Into A Scene. Some Things May Be True, And Some Things May Not.

Van Morrison Is Probably, At This Point In Time, My Biggest Influence As A Vocalist. When We Were Making Our Last Album I Had A Vinyl Copy Of 'veedon Fleece' In The Vocal Booth In Front Of Me, In The Dorky Sense. I Think There Were Candles Around, Which Is Really Tacky, But Hey, I Needed To Channel Van The Man!

We Love A Good, Hyped Sound, But When It Starts To Sound Insincere, That's When I Lose Interest. I Hope That Our Music, Even If It Sounds Polished, Doesn't Sound Insincere.

I Prefer To Connect With Fans From The Stage. Like, I Don't Have A Twitter Page, Or Anything Like That. So For Me, That's What The Show Is About. For Me - Is A Way To Interact With Fans; Being Up Onstage And Showing Them, Through Music - Which Is All I Really Know - The Best Way To Say Thank You.

I'm Not Going To Lie. I Check The Itunes Charts. It's All About The Itunes Charts. I Only Go On The Internet For The Itunes Charts And Basketball Blogs.

It's As Simple As Finding Something On The Street And Then Writing A Jingle. If I'm Driving And I Have My Turn Signal On And It's Rhythmic, Maybe I Just Write A Song To That.