I tried hard not to think about the scope or scale of making a record that would be heard by millions and… — 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… — Aaron Dessner Copy Share Image
There are people who want to hear what they consider your hits. There are people who want you to experiment and explore… — Aaron Dessner Copy Share Image
The song 'Hymnostic' is kind of a gospel song, and that song is really fun to sing with as many people as… — Aaron Dessner Copy Share Image
The National's favorite experiences as musicians are when we are collaborating with people a little outside of our world as a band. — Aaron Dessner Copy Share Image
Sometimes you become the person people try to pin you into a corner to be, which is not really fair. — Aaron Dessner Copy Share Image
But I'd say recording and playing on stage are two completely different things. Being up there in front of all those people… — Aaron Dessner Copy Share Image
There have definitely been phases of the National, many years ago, where we did party, and various people, in their own way,… — 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
