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title: "1 Growing Musician Quotes By Bryce Dessner"
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> [As long as I'm still growing as a musician, it keeps me inspired.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryce-dessner/as-long-as-i-m-still-growing-as-a-musician-it-keeps-me-inspired/)

[Bryce Dessner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryce-dessner/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/423/bryce-dessner-9086_growing_as-long-as-i-m-still-growing-as-a-musici_643684.png)

## More by Bryce Dessner

> [Obviously there are pieces of classical music that are some of the most beautiful music ever written, for me anyway is a lot of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryce-dessner/obviously-there-are-pieces-of-classical-music-that-are-some-of-the/)

[Bryce Dessner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryce-dessner/)

> [You don't come to our shows if you want to look cool.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryce-dessner/you-don-t-come-to-our-shows-if-you-want-to-look-cool/)

[Bryce Dessner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryce-dessner/)

> [Typically, people think, 'Oh the hippies and the punks hated each other,' or that those things don't go together musically. Sometimes that is true,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryce-dessner/typically-people-think-oh-the-hippies-and-the-punks-hated-each-other/)

[Bryce Dessner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryce-dessner/)

> [Art is a way of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryce-dessner/art-is-a-way-of-life/)

[Bryce Dessner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryce-dessner/)

> [When I'm writing instrumental music, I try to find musical and non-musical inspirations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryce-dessner/when-i-m-writing-instrumental-music-i-try-to-find-musical-and-non/)

[Bryce Dessner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryce-dessner/)

> [With 'Boxer,' we made the kind of music we wanted to make and didn't really worry about what the expectation was.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryce-dessner/with-boxer-we-made-the-kind-of-music-we-wanted-to-make-and-didn-t/)

[Bryce Dessner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryce-dessner/)

> [I like to write on tour busses and airplanes. Something about moving.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryce-dessner/i-like-to-write-on-tour-busses-and-airplanes-something-about-moving/)

[Bryce Dessner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryce-dessner/)

> [In terms of the music, it feels almost like trouble's a good thing - you never know when a song is going to surprise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryce-dessner/in-terms-of-the-music-it-feels-almost-like-trouble-s-a-good-thing-you/)

[Bryce Dessner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryce-dessner/)

> [When we learned to play in bands, what we were covering was equal part the Velvet Underground and the Grateful Dead. That would defy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryce-dessner/when-we-learned-to-play-in-bands-what-we-were-covering-was-equal-part/)

[Bryce Dessner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryce-dessner/)

> [I love the physicality of instruments, and instruments as objects, like dancers are bodies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryce-dessner/i-love-the-physicality-of-instruments-and-instruments-as-objects-like/)

[Bryce Dessner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryce-dessner/)

> [Me, who's educated classically, I went toward rock music 'cause it was sort of a natural evolution from where I was playing with my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryce-dessner/me-who-s-educated-classically-i-went-toward-rock-music-cause-it-was/)

[Bryce Dessner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryce-dessner/)

> [My background in music is classical - I did graduate school in music. At that time, I was studying composition, but I was studying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryce-dessner/my-background-in-music-is-classical-i-did-graduate-school-in-music-at/)

[Bryce Dessner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryce-dessner/)

> [I've got this diverse education, growing up in classical music and existing between that and music that is more visceral, so for sure, I've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryce-dessner/i-ve-got-this-diverse-education-growing-up-in-classical-music-and/)

[Bryce Dessner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryce-dessner/)

> [A good song is a nice set of chords and some good lyrics; a great song is a song that reinvents itself over time.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryce-dessner/a-good-song-is-a-nice-set-of-chords-and-some-good-lyrics-a-great-song/)

[Bryce Dessner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryce-dessner/)

> [The thing I realised about composition is, we remember most composers for four bars of music. Four singable bars of music. Pretty much any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryce-dessner/the-thing-i-realised-about-composition-is-we-remember-most-composers/)

[Bryce Dessner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryce-dessner/)

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