Latest Dan Auerbach Quotes from Interviews

• A lot of musicians are super - insecure and they take forever and they obsess over the minutia and it's really stifling. It's not that the band The Black Keys is that confident, it's that we're not striving for perfection. We are just trying to have fun. None of the music that we like is perfect. It's good. And real. We just want to make real records, flaws and all.

  Dan Auerbach

  Fun, Real, Insecure

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

• I feel like I live in my own little world, to be honest. I mean, I love my record, but I don't feel tied to it. I sort of created my own little universe in the studio, and that's why all of those musicians who made a living in the Nashville music scene loved coming over to my place so much.

  Dan Auerbach

  Mean, World, Musician

  Source: www.mtv.com

• It's hard to be spontaneous when you have 40 people in your crew, and you're playing to 16,000 people every night, and there's giant lighting rigs, it's hard to change direction on a dime.

  Dan Auerbach

  Night, People, Giants

  "Dan Auerbach on bands old and new". Interview with Allison Stewart, www.chicagotribune.com. July 20, 2016.

• I don't make my living making records. Maybe someday I will.

  Dan Auerbach

  Records, Someday, Maybe Someday

  "Dan Auerbach on bands old and new". Interview with Allison Stewart, www.chicagotribune.com. July 20, 2016.

• When I'm writing with just an acoustic guitar, it can be for anyone.

  Dan Auerbach

  Writing, Guitar, Acoustic Guitar

  "Dan Auerbach on bands old and new". Interview with Allison Stewart, www.chicagotribune.com. July 20, 2016.

• I'm sure you feel differently about writing than you did when you first started. When you get older and your brain changes, you have to figure out how your job fits into your life as it changes, you know what I mean? I guess everybody goes through that stuff, and I'm no exception, always trying to figure out what I'm doing with music.

  Dan Auerbach

  Jobs, Writing, Mean

  "Dan Auerbach on bands old and new". Interview with Allison Stewart, www.chicagotribune.com. July 20, 2016.

• Songs aren't owned by anyone.

  Dan Auerbach

  Song

  "Dan Auerbach on bands old and new". Interview with Allison Stewart, www.chicagotribune.com. July 20, 2016.

• That culture, of looking at catchy music as a negative thing, is weird. It has nothing to do with me, or the music I was into growing up. The Stones and the Beatles only tried to write hits. Every Motown song, every Credence Clearwater song - they were trying to write hits.

  Dan Auerbach

  Song, Growing Up, Writing

  "The Black Keys on new album, rabid fans and Lana Del Rey". Interview with Mark Savage, www.bbc.com. May 13, 2014.