Matt Corby Quotes

• There is a monumental difference between being alive and living. You should never settle for the first.

  Matt Corby

  Cancer, Differences, Never Settle

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• If we ever meet in real life, we can have a conversation. But you should go and live your real life and I'll go and live mine.

  Matt Corby

  Real, Should, Conversation

  Source: www.songfacts.com

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• If we all can figure out how to work together then we are the embodiment of salvation for our entire planet. We have the capabilities of it. That's the gist of it.

  Matt Corby

  Working Together, Gist, Embodiment

  Source: www.songfacts.com

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• You can say something stupid with an incredible heartfelt sentiment and for some reason, it might be insanely powerful.

  Matt Corby

  Powerful, Stupid, Heartfelt

  Source: www.songfacts.com

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• I never think anything's finished. It's really not. Recording is only just a moment in time. It's as good as you can do it until then.

  Matt Corby

  Thinking, Moments, Can Do

  Source: www.songfacts.com

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• You can write a song about a girl or you can write a song about walking down the shops, and it's fine. I just try and do something as meaningful as I can without trying to be a pretentious loser because it's genuinely just how I see things.

  Matt Corby

  Girl, Meaningful, Song

  Source: www.songfacts.com

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• It's hard to know if what you do is actually working for anyone else or not. There's so much music out there. Why would someone ever listen to what I do?

  Matt Corby

  Knows, Hard, Ifs

  Source: www.songfacts.com

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• No one holds the power. Just because they might give you a bit of money every now and then doesn't mean that they have the right to change what you do.

  Matt Corby

  Mean, Giving, Might

  Source: www.songfacts.com

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• Maybe 80 percent of what we conceive to be a song idea or the meaning of a song is not exactly what the artist meant most of the time. It's not bad - people can take what they want from it.

  Matt Corby

  Song, Artist, Ideas

  Source: www.songfacts.com

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• A lot of my old stuff is pretty simple. The new stuff is slightly more in-depth.

  Matt Corby

  Simple, Depth, Stuff

  Source: www.songfacts.com

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• That's the weird thing about music: It's never for anyone to own.

  Matt Corby

  Weird Things

  Source: www.songfacts.com

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• I change lyrics to the songs all the time, too. I don't know if it matters in a lot of ways because you can take what you want from it.

  Matt Corby

  Song, Want, Matter

  Source: www.songfacts.com

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• I don't mind throwing something away. It should be your best or it should be what you want people to hear and something that's good for people.

  Matt Corby

  People, Mind, Want

  Source: www.songfacts.com

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• LA is an intense city. I was probably a bit too sensitive. I didn't have any friends so I was keeping pretty low key. I just whipped myself up into a bit of an emotional frenzy.

  Matt Corby

  Emotional, Keys, Cities

  Source: www.songfacts.com

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• If a record label will sign you in order for you to be moulded into something that can make more money for them, then you should get out of there if you're that artist.

  Matt Corby

  Artist, Order, Labels

  Source: www.songfacts.com

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• That's another interesting thing about music: It can mean anything.

  Matt Corby

  Mean, Interesting, Interesting Things

  Source: www.songfacts.com

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