Dan Deacon Quotes
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.
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I don't think the federal government has any business keeping a list of law-abiding Americans who exercise their constitutional right to keep and bear arms.
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I actually think I have an audience member's sensibility about going to the movies.
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There was a side of me that knew I was gonna change the game, but I didn't know how many people would respect it.
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My first agent told me to change my name or I'd only play Jewish parts or Indians. Of course I refused to change it. Shortly thereafter she came up to me and told me I had to keep it, because her numerologist said it was very, very good.
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Before I left Russia in 1999, I was living in a very poor factory town with my family and friends, and nothing was ever going to change.
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I don't think I could think of a single thing that's more isolating than being famous.
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I like computers as a tool. I like them as an instrument. I think they're just pretty.
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Of course people think Washington is arrogant. It is.
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Remember that life's big changes rarely give advance warning.
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I think that a woman wears so many hats, we have so many aspects to us that we're not just one thing. We represent so much within us and that kind of comes across for me as a designer through mixing prints and colors.
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I'm a Christian, and I'm not judgmental towards anyone. I think that's really important.
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I think the mental victory is worth it as much as a gold medal.
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If we don't change from a world society that worships money and power to one that worships compassion and generosity, I think we'll be extinct by mid-century. I don't say that as an alarmist or as a pessimist.
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I think marriage is a beautiful thing. I'm still a supporter of it.
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I have to think of moderation, which is not a word that's in my vocabulary. But I try.
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I do think you get lonelier and lonelier being an artist as you get older.
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The reason I hate publicists is because I think if we got rid of them everything would be on equal footing.
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I think people look at me and don't expect much. Even though, I expect a whole lot.
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A couple of taxi drivers have asked me if we can survive financially as an independent nation. I say, how come we are more stupid than Denmark or Finland or Sweden? They've all got the same amount of people. Are we all going to down tools? Is everybody in Scotland going to stop working?
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I actually used to make these little plays. I would stand there, and I would act out where I was dying or something. I would make them sit there and watch all my plays. I would be talking in gibberish language, like I was talking in a different language, and my parents would be like, 'Oh that was great!' and I'd be like, 'Wait, it's not done!'
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As long as I know what key the solo is in, I try to kind of empty my mind and not think about anything. I just play without thinking.
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I firmly believe that emotions are universal, and I know that when they connect with the audience, it works. There is no such thing as an entertaining or a serious film; there are good films and bad films. Good films will always find a vast audience.
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After you have exhausted what there is in business, politics, conviviality, and so on - have found that none of these finally satisfy, or permanently wear - what remains? Nature remains.
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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.
