Dan Deacon Quotes - Page 2

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• I think the hardest part is figuring out what to say no to because the whole start of your career is just begging anybody to let you perform or to contribute music to something. Then it's like turning on a faucet because the moment it's on, people are like, "Oh, you can do stuff? All right. Well, you want to do it every single thing?

  Dan Deacon

  Thinking, People, Moments

  Source: www.slate.com

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• It's hard not to sell out because once, you know, I grew up with working-class parents who definitely, definitely would be disappointed if I didn't take particular jobs being like, "What are you talking about? I would have worked years for that money in like, actual physical labor." So there's a privilege to not selling out. You already have to be in a position where you can look at that money and not care about it.

  Dan Deacon

  Parent, Care, Selling

  Source: www.slate.com

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• You can have a table full of gourmet food, but the minute you put a box of Entenmann's doughnuts out, that's all people are gonna talk about.

  Dan Deacon

  People, Doughnut

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I really do like seeing other people perform my music. It's one of the most rewarding things for me, so it's worth the extra work.

  Dan Deacon

  People, Extras

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• When I went to school, it was really just to immerse myself in listening to, studying, and making music. I came out like, "How is this going to be more than a hobby I'm always paying off debt for?" I could've sat at a desk and written pieces for orchestras that never would have been played, or I could've written music for me as a performer. I play electronics, and the places I was gonna be playing were bass clubs and house parties.

  Dan Deacon

  Party, School, House

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I think as this generation of electronic musicians goes on, popular electronic music will be more and more accepted. It's gonna get less confusing. You know, most people called rap stupid when it started, and it was one of the most innovative music forms of its time.

  Dan Deacon

  Stupid, Rap, Thinking

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• To get large groups of people to dance, there needs to be something accessible about the music. The beat can't be too esoteric, but unless we're talking about prog or etherealist composition, I think there's something simplistic about most music. What's completely insane to me is that people would consider music that's simple to be dumbed-down. Couldn't simplicity be a deliberate, smart choice? Those people aren't really listening; they're judging a song off of a beat, off of a pulse.

  Dan Deacon

  Song, Smart, Simple

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I don't think there's anything wrong in being an entertainer because if at the end of the day people want to forget about their problems or to process their problems through something joyous, I think that's ultimately what my role in this is.

  Dan Deacon

  Thinking, People, Problem

  Source: www.slate.com

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• The smaller the instrument or more hidden it is such as electronics, the more esoteric it becomes and in my mind becomes boring watching someone go like this and that has no direct... It's just a complete abstract motion, not attach to any sound.

  Dan Deacon

  Mind, Boring, Abstract

  Source: www.slate.com

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• I always want my mouth to be like two steps ahead of my brain and I want my hands to move without thinking. I want to be able to dive into my computer or use my controllers without having to be, like, "Hmm, what would be a good choice here?" You just want music to happen like the same way the sweat's rolling off my face.

  Dan Deacon

  Moving, Thinking, Choices

  Source: www.slate.com

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• Live performances make music important. Recording is cool and fun, and it's nice to document the thing you made, but the goal in my mind is to perform.

  Dan Deacon

  Fun, Nice, Goal

  Source: pitchfork.com

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