Marnie Stern's Quotes
Born: 1976-03-18
Profession: Musician
Nation: American
Biography of Marnie Stern
For stage I try to dress down, because I want people to take me seriously.
Tags: Seriously, Stage, TryI know of dude-bands who've brought big, crazy dogs on tour. Everybody loves their animal.
Tags: Big, Crazy, EverybodyLightning Bolt and Hella are two bands I listen to, and there's a lot of finger tapping going on there.
Tags: Bands, Lightning, ListenMainstream to me equals boring, so I don't want to be doing that.
Tags: Boring, Equals, MainstreamPeople assume I sell a lot more records than I actually do. I really don't sell any.
Tags: Actually, Assume, SellI had been wanting to give guitar lessons to girls because I feel like women tend to use their voice as the starting point for a song and learn a few chords, and then it ends there because then they just use their voice to flesh out a song.
Tags: Give, Guitar, WomenI was listening to a lot of math rock-y type bands do lots of complex stuff and I couldn't figure out how they were doing it. Then I realized that sometimes they were finger tapping, so I started messing around doing it.
Tags: Sometimes, Started, StuffMost of my playing style is very on point - the tapping, just by nature of being rhythmic, is tight - so I'd like to explore something looser and less precise.
Tags: Less, Nature, PointMusic is entirely subjective. I was thinking that for myself, for songwriting and what I like to listen to, to help motivate me as a songwriter, as a musician, there are certain things I lean towards and certain things I don't.
Tags: Help, Music, Thinking