In fact, after Donald Trump won, some of the relief of finishing record was to turn off all the politics for a while. There were some songs that had more of the political stuff that we just decided to wait… — Aaron Dessner Copy Share Image
There's political content in almost every song we've ever written on some level. It colors everything. — 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
