Dan Deacon Quotes

The main thing I want to do is make people feel more connected and more active.

Dan Deacon

• People
• Want
• Feel

I throw ideas out into the open when I really should just be writing them down in a journal.

Dan Deacon

• Writing
• Ideas
• Down

It was never the goal to be a solo performer. It was just something that made the most sense at the time.

Dan Deacon

• Time
• Never
• Goal

I wanted to start working on something that had a lasting effect.

Dan Deacon

• Working
• Start
• Something

I need to start honing in on projects that I want to devote my time to and not put my energies into the unattainable ones.

Dan Deacon

• Time
• Want
• Start

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

• People
• Time
• 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?

Dan Deacon

• People
• Music
• Simple

For the last three years, I've been working on 'Bromst,' and that's all that encompassed my brain. And now that it's out, it will change the way that I think musically.

Dan Deacon

• Think
• Change
• Brain

When I went to school, it was really just to immerse myself in listening to, studying, and making music.

Dan Deacon

• Music
• School
• Myself

I just wanted to make a record that wasn't escapism. Like, I didn't want to write another record that was devoid of meaningful content.

Dan Deacon

• Want
• Meaningful
• Content

I've since become really good at overwhelming myself.

Dan Deacon

• Good
• Myself
• Become

If you've become a huge act and you're still doing the same music you wrote with your friends when you were making zero dollars, you're lazy.

Dan Deacon

• Music
• Friends
• Same