Dan Mangan Quotes
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I think the future and the past are equally hypothetical.
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We talk about the past like it's the strangest dream. Then we repeat the things we never dreamed we'd do.
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It's the sick and twisted male fantasy that we want classy ladies out in the world that make us look good, but in the bedroom, men want subservient women who please all of their whims. It's the typical bullshit of male ego.
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I think that's why art prevails: because it helps people in a fairly intangible, magical way feel more connected to each other.
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I used to be so young, how did I get so old?
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Getting out on stage and playing music for people feels great when people are cheering for you, that's obviously really exciting. But what's most exciting is the idea that we're all experiencing something that's bigger than us.
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I don't believe in the myth of the "self made man". Nobody gets through alone.
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If you make everything really on the nose so everyone knows exactly what you're talking about, it's often not as strong.
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I grew up with a rotary phone in my house and that seems a world away, but that's what I was used to as a kid. So now things seem complicated to me, but to kids born right now, they don't feel complicated.
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I'll force myself to sit down and read a couple of chapters of a great book or I'll force myself to sit and listen to some amazing music or I'll go see a play. I find that watching or experiencing other forms of art gets my brain in action. It makes me feel connected to the creative energies and then that tends to get things going.