A biography for Lou Barlowhasn’t been written yet.
“Most of the times that I've written break-up songs, it's been different because I was always trying to get back to something: get back to a situation or talk my way or sing my way back into the relationship.”
“Los Angeles was really beautiful, and California in general is a great place to live.”
“I've learned by experience that, if I get too clever with lyrics, or if I'm not totally embodying my own wants and needs in the songs, I can't remember them.”
“One thing about when I came back into Dinosaur that was really cool was that pretty much anybody that J. was working with who had a long-term relationship with J. were people I really liked and that I actually may have already known.”
“I don't want to meet anybody famous, usually.”
“Worry is a big part of my life. I definitely worry a lot.”
“My voice is not very dynamic.”
“It just takes me awhile to get comfortable in any situation.”
“The minute we first started recording 'Defend Yourself,' I thought, 'Yeah. We're going to have to deal with a really terrible review from Pitchfork for this record.'”
“I have to focus and keep things together as much as anyone with a real job... It's just that I know, from experience, that the more fun I have doing something that the more successful it will be.”
“My experience with Dino Jr. proved that making new music was a worthwhile pursuit.”
“It's kind of crazy how music helped me overcome the anxieties that I have.”
“I've put out a lot of stuff that just confused and alienated people: a huge chunk of songs that were verbal and musical challenges to myself, thoughts I was keeping myself busy with, nothing I had any intention of anybody grasping onto.”
“I wrote 'Healthy Sick,' from our first LP, when I was 19. I'll happily play it till I'm 91 because it always feels good and truthful.”
“NYC is a wonderland full of passionate music fans. Once I got over being intimidated by rock critics and finicky hipsters, I realized that NYC was a great place to play.”
“People in the Midwest, there's a lot of regional pride and a lot more, like, fake positivity - 'That's great - you're awesome!'”
“Literally everything I do is either write songs and play music, or I'm immersed in my domestic life.”
“I've managed to alienate most of what would be considered the core audience that I'm supposed to have had.”
“When I was a teenager, my mom got me a really nice baritone ukulele.”
“There are very few songs I really hate.”