Our writing, especially during 'Boxer' - the recording process was the writing process, which is not the way I would advise anyone else to do it. — 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 is like jumping off a cliff into icy water. The recording process is a totally different energy. — 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
There's no one songwriter in the band. It's collaborative, and we all have different tastes. — Aaron Dessner Copy Share Image
"I'll Still Destroy You" song is lovingly talking about how we change our states of mind, whether it's weed or wine or whatever. It's… — Aaron Dessner Copy Share Image
For whatever reason, you gravitate to certain subjects, and I read a lot of history. — Aaron Dessner Copy Share Image
