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> [It's great to know that our old stuff still sounds good to our fans, just as it's wonderful to think that we've turned a few people on to jazz over the years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-fagen/it-s-great-to-know-that-our-old-stuff-still-sounds-good-to-our-fans/)

[Donald Fagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-fagen/)

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## More by Donald Fagen

> [I had trouble distinguishing art from life. I don't now, and I feel much better!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-fagen/i-had-trouble-distinguishing-art-from-life-i-don-t-now-and-i-feel/)

[Donald Fagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-fagen/)

> [Melodies can be good depending on the context. You can have a simple melody, and if the harmony behind it is interesting, it can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-fagen/melodies-can-be-good-depending-on-the-context-you-can-have-a-simple/)

[Donald Fagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-fagen/)

> [My style is a little quirky. I can't play as fast as most professional jazz players.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-fagen/my-style-is-a-little-quirky-i-can-t-play-as-fast-as-most-professional/)

[Donald Fagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-fagen/)

> [Now why the hell would I want to increase the volume of my ejaculation ? They can already hear me in the apartment next door.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-fagen/now-why-the-hell-would-i-want-to-increase-the-volume-of-my/)

[Donald Fagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-fagen/)

> [Randy Newman seemed like an even worse singer than me. I liked Ray Charles, Levi Stubbs, Jack Jones, Joe Tex, Wilson Pickett.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-fagen/randy-newman-seemed-like-an-even-worse-singer-than-me-i-liked-ray/)

[Donald Fagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-fagen/)

> [Popularity has everything to do with business and nothing to do with music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-fagen/popularity-has-everything-to-do-with-business-and-nothing-to-do-with/)

[Donald Fagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-fagen/)

> [As jazz fans, it was amusing for us to play jazz harmonies on these big, ugly electric guitars.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-fagen/as-jazz-fans-it-was-amusing-for-us-to-play-jazz-harmonies-on-these/)

[Donald Fagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-fagen/)

> [It's great to know that our old stuff still sounds good to our fans, just as it's wonderful to think that we've turned a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-fagen/it-s-great-to-know-that-our-old-stuff-still-sounds-good-to-our-fans/)

[Donald Fagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-fagen/)

> [What do you do with what you're given, and how do you transform it into something worthwhile?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-fagen/what-do-you-do-with-what-you-re-given-and-how-do-you-transform-it/)

[Donald Fagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-fagen/)

> [We don't think of ourselves as being perfectionists, really. To us it's more about desperately trying to have it sound more or less OK.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-fagen/we-don-t-think-of-ourselves-as-being-perfectionists-really-to-us-it-s/)

[Donald Fagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-fagen/)

> [What a beautiful world this will be What a glorious time to be free](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-fagen/what-a-beautiful-world-this-will-be-what-a-glorious-time-to-be-free/)

[Donald Fagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-fagen/)

> [“I started going to jazz clubs in New York when I was twelve or thirteen, first with my older cousins Mike and Jack, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-fagen/i-started-going-to-jazz-clubs-in-new-york-when-i-was-twelve-or/)

[Donald Fagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-fagen/)

> [Anthemic rock music is inherently fascist - anything intended to move huge masses of people is politically offensive to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-fagen/anthemic-rock-music-is-inherently-fascist-anything-intended-to-move/)

[Donald Fagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-fagen/)

> [I don't think you can escape the environment we live in now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-fagen/i-don-t-think-you-can-escape-the-environment-we-live-in-now/)

[Donald Fagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-fagen/)

> [I tried to grow up. Honest. Didn’t quite happen. I guess I’m someone for whom youth still seems more real than the present, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-fagen/i-tried-to-grow-up-honest-didn-t-quite-happen-i-guess-i-m-someone-for/)

[Donald Fagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-fagen/)

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