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It is the melody and the rhythm that are by far the most important and then words and imagery and stuff, story bits will start to stick to a melody and that is the way I write.

Matt Berninger

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Matt Berninger
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: February 13
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Cincinnati
Ohio
Matthew Donald Berninger
Stories
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