Bryce Dessner Quotes
Me, who's educated classically, I went toward rock music 'cause it was sort of a natural evolution from where I was playing with my brother. But I was always drawn back into classical music.
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I don't care for the music when they're talking bad about women because I think women are God's greatest gift to the planet - I just like music.
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Basically hated everything made in the '80s, music television - it was really about the '90s for me. 'Encino Man' was a big hit. 'Robin Hood: Men in Tights.'
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I actually spend very little time listening to any new music.
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This is a way for artists to communicate directly to their fans. If you think of an artist like Bruno Mars, he's using Spotify, creating playlists and listening to music through it.
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One thing I've tried to do in writing music is take on very basic things, very archetypal things.
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Most of the music you hear on the radio today is developed for making money. It doesn't feel true or honest. You can feel it in the music.
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I'm never going to apologize for having a lot of guy friends, and I always have. That happens, and I'm not going to live my life where I'm not going to go out and have a coffee or lunch with my guy friends.
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Rock was always part of my heart and soul. But the times just changed and everybody wanted to dance.
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Music used to be a lot more about angst for me. Now it's the only form of meditation I do.
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It's a crazy world, so sports and athletics and music can be a form of escapism.
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Art, whatever form it takes, requires hard work, craftsmanship and creativity. As a writer, I know my grammar, cadence, the music of prose, and the art of the narrative.
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When I am stressed, my No. 1 reliever is my music.
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My parents' marriage was very rocky. They were always arguing. When they split up when I was in my 20s, my brother and I were both delighted because we knew they weren't good for each other.
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Maybe in music you're making an auditory environment and maybe you change your environment around you to suit your own way.
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I don't think I make dance music. It's not even 4/4. And it's slow.
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I feel like at 50 I've decided to become a rock star, which is, you know, typical of me. I always seem to work backwards.
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When I was driving home after registration, I heard this song on the radio, a guy singing about not ever going to class in college and always hanging out and singing for his friends. I laughed and said, I can relate, because it was so much like me. I realized right then I would pull out of school and pursue a music career.
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My music started as a way to break through weaknesses - like anxiety, which was completely taking over my whole life, where I could barely function.
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I was lucky that my parents listened to really good music. My dad loved Kris Kristofferson.
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I would like to keep going in the same direction, but with more variety. I want to use multi-cultural music. There are so many elements that we can put together. I want to mix traditional and modern. It's always so fragile. It's like when you cook, you can make a mistake. Sometimes I don't know myself what will happen at a recording session.
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Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions.
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'Zorn' goes to some pretty ridiculous places, but the real comedy is coming from these little observations about life that are not as outlandish as some of the bigger moves in the story. This is a guy who has magical relics and fights weird monsters and is also dealing with very basic work and family things.
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I was quite naughty at school.
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Me, who's educated classically, I went toward rock music 'cause it was sort of a natural evolution from where I was playing with my brother. But I was always drawn back into classical music.
