Dan Reynolds Quotes

I'm about as privileged as you can get. I'm a white, male, heterosexual front man of a rock band.

Dan Reynolds Imagine Dragons

• MAle
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• People who have never dealt with depression think it's just being sad or being in a bad mood. That's not what depression is for me; it's falling into a state of grayness and numbness.

  

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  • People
  • Never
  • Depression

• To be gay is beautiful and right and perfect; to tell someone they need to change their innermost being is setting up someone for an unhealthy life and unhealthy foundation.

  

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  • Life
  • Gay
  • Foundation

• But I really believe that you don't do music because you want to, you do it because you have to.

  

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  • Music
  • Believe
  • Want

• Music speaks to people in a way that breaks down boundaries that words and actions sometimes can't.

  

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  • Music
  • Way
  • Boundaries

• I wouldn't recommend being a musician to anyone. It's not glamorous. It's a lot of being dirty, not eating, playing for five people and one of them is the bartender.

  

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  • People
  • Dirty
  • Eating

• I always like to leave art and music open to interpretation.

  

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  • Music
  • Art
  • Always

• I promise to be the best missionary I can - a Mormon missionary for the LGBTQ community - and to hopefully use this privilege I've been given to give them a voice.

  

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  • Community
  • Missionary
  • Mormon

• There was nothing more I wanted to do than to see my dad react well to my music. I still do. I send him my demos all the time.

  

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  • Time
  • Music
  • Dad

• I always would dream of making music videos. Whenever I make music, I always have a visual in my mind. I always see things.

  

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  • Music
  • Mind
  • Dream

• There is always a mix of apprehension and excitement before you try songs out on a new audience.

  

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  • Always
  • Audience
  • Try

• Your life is always worth living.

  

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  • Life
  • Living
  • Worth

• My dad is my biggest source of inspiration. He's a lawyer, and when he'd get home, we always sat down and listened to music.

  

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  • Music
  • Dad
  • Inspiration

• A lot of people hear it in a dark way, but, I think, without saying the word too many times, it's empowering, and so we wanted to display that in a way that the listener wouldn't see normally.

  

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  • Way
  • Display
  • Listener

• It does not mean you're broken to have depression and anxiety. I would encourage you to speak out. Don't hold it inside. Talk to friends. Talk to parents. If it's available, go to a therapist.

  

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  • Friends
  • Parents
  • Talk

• I'm tired of living the vanilla, non-offensive life. I think that's a really sad way to spend my life, and I lived it like that because that's what I was brought up in, taught to not rock the ship.

  

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  • Life
  • Vanilla
  • Non-offensive

• Being a Mormon is not a part-time religion. It is your life. You eat, sleep, and breathe Mormonism.

  

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  • Religion
  • Mormon
  • Part-Time

• There's nothing wrong or weak about seeking a therapist. I have a therapist.

  

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  • Wrong
  • Weak
  • Therapist

• I grew up and had a lot of friends who were gay and Mormon. They couldn't come out to their parents. They couldn't even come out to me because we just wouldn't talk about it.

  

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  • Friends
  • Gay
  • Grew Up

• When a Mormon knocks, they say, 'Can I teach you about Jesus Christ?' And if you say no, they'll say, 'Then how can I be of service to you?' So anybody who was smart would be like, 'You can take out my trash and mow my lawn.'

  

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  • Teach
  • Jesus Christ
  • Knocks

• I really don't want my daughters to know me for being that guy who sings songs.

  

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  • Guy
  • Songs
  • Daughters

• Love Loud isn't just for the youth, but also their families and friends. They can attend and become educated on how to truly love and accept our LGBTQ youth.

  

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  • Friends
  • Youth
  • Families

• I've followed Tegan and Sara's music for quite a while, and I've been a fan of them and what they do and what they stand for. We've run into each other at one or two festivals over the years, and I kind of fanned out on them.

  

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  • Music
  • Tegan
  • Sara`s

• Mormonism truly was a part of my every decision since the day I was born. It taught me to serve others and to feel comfort about the next life. Who doesn't want to live for eternity and have a 'mansion in heaven'? It sounded like a rad deal to me when I was in my teenage years.

  

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  • Decision
  • Part
  • Mormonism

• I'm about as privileged as you can get. I'm a white, male, heterosexual front man of a rock band.

  

  Dan Reynolds Imagine Dragons
  • MAle
  • Rock Band
  • Heterosexual front man