Music for me is an emotional necessity. It's therapy. It's what I live and breathe. — Aaron Dessner Copy Share Image
Big Red Machine is really a community effort: I guess it involves almost 30 musicians. It does come out of our friendship,… — Aaron Dessner Copy Share Image
The National's favorite experiences as musicians are when we are collaborating with people a little outside of our world as a band. — Aaron Dessner Copy Share Image
If I'm not working on music, I'm probably torturing my infant daughter, Ingrid, with kisses or running or playing soccer in the… — Aaron Dessner Copy Share Image
Just because you listen to The National, Spotify might tell you that you want to listen to The Lumineers' music. Well, maybe… — Aaron Dessner Copy Share Image
We've always been trying to climb this ladder that leans so hard on our own idea of what our big songs are.… — Aaron Dessner Copy Share Image
One of the hardest things about being a musician is finishing a project and then having to wait three or six months… — Aaron Dessner Copy Share Image
I do have a way of playing piano where it's very melodic and emotional, but then often it's great if whoever's singing… — Aaron Dessner Copy Share Image
I think the idea is that every time we perform Big Red Machine music it should be different somehow - like, different… — Aaron Dessner Copy Share Image
"I'll Still Destroy You" song is lovingly talking about how we change our states of mind, whether it's weed or wine or… — Aaron Dessner Copy Share Image
We wanted to create an opportunity for people to share anything, on their own terms, revenue and all. Get away from the… — Aaron Dessner Copy Share Image
After years of touring you experience music festivals that are mostly the same - where you copy and paste the same experience… — Aaron Dessner Copy Share Image
The Planned Parenthood 7" project is an example of us putting our noses to the grindstone on and trying to make a little difference.… — Aaron Dessner Copy Share
My wife is from Copenhagen and her father has been a huge Liverpool supporter since the early 1960s. — Aaron Dessner Copy Share
I grew up fly fishing when I was a kid. The feeling of it is fun. I went fly-fishing on Lake Delaware once, and… — Aaron Dessner Copy Share
We've always been trying to climb this ladder that leans so hard on our own idea of what our big songs are. We realized… — Aaron Dessner Copy Share
And my parents live down in West Virginia, and I have to drive through the Shenandoah Valley pretty often to go visit them. You… — Aaron Dessner Copy Share
I tried hard not to think about the scope or scale of making a record that would be heard by millions and millions of… — Aaron Dessner Copy Share
I do have a way of playing piano where it's very melodic and emotional, but then often it's great if whoever's singing doesn't sing… — Aaron Dessner Copy Share
Our recordings, you feel that it's been, not labored, but you feel that it's been constructed in a way where sometimes it's hard for… — Aaron Dessner Copy Share
I think the idea is that every time we perform Big Red Machine music it should be different somehow - like, different people, different… — Aaron Dessner Copy Share
One of the hardest things about being a musician is finishing a project and then having to wait three or six months to publish… — Aaron Dessner Copy Share
After years of touring you experience music festivals that are mostly the same - where you copy and paste the same experience into a… — Aaron Dessner Copy Share
There's no one songwriter in the band. It's collaborative, and we all have different tastes. — Aaron Dessner Copy Share
"I'll Still Destroy You" song is lovingly talking about how we change our states of mind, whether it's weed or wine or whatever. It's… — Aaron Dessner Copy Share
For whatever reason, you gravitate to certain subjects, and I read a lot of history. — Aaron Dessner Copy Share
