Rattling Quotes by Dan Bejar

Really good musicians don't think of "self-reflection."

— Dan Bejar

No one appreciates a professional anymore. Everyone's a mystic. Which is why I take drunk Jim over acid Jim - the argument all roads…

— Dan Bejar

I've never had any kind of work ethic. I've never sat down with the intention of writing a song.

— Dan Bejar

I actually do see rock and roll as pop music. I think the distinction I was making was that I was going out of…

— Dan Bejar

Kaputt was just a record that did really well for us, and therefore our record label and our booking agent said that we should…

— Dan Bejar

I force myself to care about the music end by wrestling with it for years.

— Dan Bejar

Big, evocative words get thrown around, and people can sing along to passionately as if the lyrics just materialized out of the ether, largely…

— Dan Bejar

I think the more removed I feel, the more I warm up to the role of singer.

— Dan Bejar

When I'm on stage I don't say anything. The last thing I want to do is share my thoughts. I don't know if that's…

— Dan Bejar

Most musicians don't write about being a musician cause most musicians aren't writers.

— Dan Bejar

It's actually really stereotypical that someone should be 40 and mellow out, but I think it's more about trying to conjure up a different…

— Dan Bejar

I certainly didn't predict people who spent years actively disliking the band to all of a sudden like the band. That's pretty funny to…

— Dan Bejar

I don't really listen to rock music anymore. But were I to write a song that sounded like it could be a rock song,…

— Dan Bejar

I'm not that conscious of my writing, so pacing the lyrics doesn't really enter the picture.

— Dan Bejar

I can't fool myself into thinking that musically I don't need other people, whether it's as a foil or just to come in and…

— Dan Bejar