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> [I formulated the theme behind 'The Grand Illusion' album after observing how American culture creates illusions through advertising and entertainment to convince us that our lives our lacking, in order to sell products.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-deyoung/i-formulated-the-theme-behind-the-grand-illusion-album-after/)

[Dennis DeYoung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-deyoung/)

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> [When I wrote 'Grand Illusion,' I was making it up as we went along. I wrote this stuff and tried to do the best job I could.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-deyoung/when-i-wrote-grand-illusion-i-was-making-it-up-as-we-went-along-i/)

[Dennis DeYoung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-deyoung/)

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## More by Dennis DeYoung

> [I'm proud of the body of work I was part of and I want people to enjoy it as long as they choose to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-deyoung/i-m-proud-of-the-body-of-work-i-was-part-of-and-i-want-people-to/)

[Dennis DeYoung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-deyoung/)

> [Winners are losers who got up and gave it one more try.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-deyoung/winners-are-losers-who-got-up-and-gave-it-one-more-try/)

[Dennis DeYoung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-deyoung/)

> [Many musicals you can take and throw in the garbage can because no one took the time to write a song you can care…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-deyoung/many-musicals-you-can-take-and-throw-in-the-garbage-can-because-no/)

[Dennis DeYoung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-deyoung/)

> [If you're in rock 'n' roll, you're not supposed to admit to liking theatre stuff, but I'm a big theatregoer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-deyoung/if-you-re-in-rock-n-roll-you-re-not-supposed-to-admit-to-liking/)

[Dennis DeYoung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-deyoung/)

> [I'm very proud of it. 'Hunchback' contains some of my favorite music I've ever written in my life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-deyoung/i-m-very-proud-of-it-hunchback-contains-some-of-my-favorite-music-i/)

[Dennis DeYoung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-deyoung/)

> [I was damn lucky to choose this profession. I had no idea when I started out that I was really an illusionist and a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-deyoung/i-was-damn-lucky-to-choose-this-profession-i-had-no-idea-when-i/)

[Dennis DeYoung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-deyoung/)

> [If you think marriage is gonna be easy, don't do it because when there are children involved, you screw up the rest of society.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-deyoung/if-you-think-marriage-is-gonna-be-easy-don-t-do-it-because-when-there/)

[Dennis DeYoung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-deyoung/)

> [I just believed in 1979 that prog rock was finished. I just saw the handwriting on the wall. And I believed that if we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-deyoung/i-just-believed-in-1979-that-prog-rock-was-finished-i-just-saw-the/)

[Dennis DeYoung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-deyoung/)

> [To be successful in your life, you have to be convinced in your own mind that you have the ability to accomplish your goals.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-deyoung/to-be-successful-in-your-life-you-have-to-be-convinced-in-your-own/)

[Dennis DeYoung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-deyoung/)

> [How lucky am I? I'll go to Naperville and people will come up to me and thank me for coming to Naperville. That's how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-deyoung/how-lucky-am-i-i-ll-go-to-naperville-and-people-will-come-up-to-me/)

[Dennis DeYoung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-deyoung/)

> [Technology has made music ultimately more democratic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-deyoung/technology-has-made-music-ultimately-more-democratic/)

[Dennis DeYoung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-deyoung/)

> [If you pretend to be somebody that you're not when you write songs - and I did that on some of the early Styx…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-deyoung/if-you-pretend-to-be-somebody-that-you-re-not-when-you-write-songs/)

[Dennis DeYoung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-deyoung/)

> [Nobody can figure out why it does what it does to human beings. But there is no other art form greater than music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-deyoung/nobody-can-figure-out-why-it-does-what-it-does-to-human-beings-but/)

[Dennis DeYoung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-deyoung/)

> [I love Styx as much as I could love anything in my life. I started playing in the band when I was 14 years…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-deyoung/i-love-styx-as-much-as-i-could-love-anything-in-my-life-i-started/)

[Dennis DeYoung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-deyoung/)

> [I think the music business is as crass and as unrewarding as it has ever been.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-deyoung/i-think-the-music-business-is-as-crass-and-as-unrewarding-as-it-has/)

[Dennis DeYoung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-deyoung/)

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