I had been living with my family in France as COVID was starting to spiral out of control in Europe. I said to my wife that maybe they should come back to the States with me because I was worried… — 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 Image
My wife is from Copenhagen and her father has been a huge Liverpool supporter since the early 1960s. — Aaron Dessner Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 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 doesn't sing… — Aaron Dessner Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
There's no one songwriter in the band. It's collaborative, and we all have different tastes. — 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 whatever. It's… — Aaron Dessner Copy Share Image
For whatever reason, you gravitate to certain subjects, and I read a lot of history. — Aaron Dessner Copy Share Image
