Matthew Sweet : (2) " The openness of rural Nebraska certainly influenced me. That openness, in a way, fosters the imagination. But growing up, Lincoln wasn’t a small town. It was a college town. It had record stores and was a liberal place. " - Matthew Sweet " There are things that I value now that I didn’t when I first went over there, like Zen Buddhism, which has become part of my life over the last couple years. " - Matthew Sweet