The most rewarding possible thing that a songwriter or an artist of any kind can experience is to hear firsthand from the mouth of somebody else that they don't know the weight or gravity or intensity that something they've made… — Dan Mangan Copy Share Image
There's when a phrase circles in my head in a number of ways for any number of days, weeks, or months, and then that… — Dan Mangan Copy Share Image
When you put a halo on concepts - gender roles, religion, nationality or pride - or you put a halo on any topic -… — Dan Mangan Copy Share Image
What frustrated us about the song [Robots] was not that it existed - we owe a lot to that song and have had a… — Dan Mangan Copy Share Image
If the point of good art is to be somewhat subtle then it's not going to catch everyone. — Dan Mangan Copy Share Image
You feel the weight of the world and you take things in and you are acting out from a place of being pushed and… — Dan Mangan Copy Share Image
I'm influenced in a million different ways by a million songs that I've heard and digested. — Dan Mangan Copy Share Image
I remember somebody saying, "I feel really bad for kids growing up around iPads right now. It's just too complicated. Life's too complicated." I… — Dan Mangan Copy Share Image
More than anything, being an English major made me more appreciative of authors and what an incredible feat it is to just finish a… — Dan Mangan Copy Share Image
If you make everything really on the nose so everyone knows exactly what you're talking about, it's often not as strong. — Dan Mangan Copy Share Image
I feel like songwriting changed from something that I liked doing to something that, I feel, is a very important outlet for me to… — Dan Mangan Copy Share Image
It's not supposed to make you distracted from your life, it's supposed to make you challenge the ongoing distraction with focused intention. Simply discussing… — Dan Mangan Copy Share Image
![“What frustrated us about the song [Robots] was not that it existed - we owe a lot to that song and have had a ton of fun playing it. The problem was that it was a "given".It was like everyone was waiting for it to happen, and then it better be as crazy as the time they saw it before. Started to…” quote by Dan Mangan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/382/dan-mangan-13674_crazy_what-frustrated-us-about-the-song-robots_77798.jpg)
