--- title: "1 Talk Stuff Quotes By Donald Fagen" description: "1 Talk Stuff quotes by Donald Fagen. Plus more from Donald Fagen and more Talk Stuff sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a65/donald-fagen-23315_art_i-tried-to-grow-up-honest-didn-t-quite-h_2115476.jpg" --- > [I tried to grow up. Honest. Didn’t quite happen. I guess I’m someone for whom youth still seems more real than the present, or the half century in between. And why not? I'm deeply underwhelmed by most contemporary art, literature,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-fagen/i-tried-to-grow-up-honest-didn-t-quite-happen-i-guess-i-m-someone-for/) [Donald Fagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-fagen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a65/donald-fagen-23315_art_i-tried-to-grow-up-honest-didn-t-quite-h_2115476.jpg) ## More by Donald Fagen > [I had trouble distinguishing art from life. I don't now, and I feel much better!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-fagen/i-had-trouble-distinguishing-art-from-life-i-don-t-now-and-i-feel/) [Donald Fagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-fagen/) > [Melodies can be good depending on the context. You can have a simple melody, and if the harmony behind it is interesting, it can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-fagen/melodies-can-be-good-depending-on-the-context-you-can-have-a-simple/) [Donald Fagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-fagen/) > [My style is a little quirky. I can't play as fast as most professional jazz players.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-fagen/my-style-is-a-little-quirky-i-can-t-play-as-fast-as-most-professional/) [Donald Fagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-fagen/) > [Now why the hell would I want to increase the volume of my ejaculation ? They can already hear me in the apartment next door.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-fagen/now-why-the-hell-would-i-want-to-increase-the-volume-of-my/) [Donald Fagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-fagen/) > [Randy Newman seemed like an even worse singer than me. I liked Ray Charles, Levi Stubbs, Jack Jones, Joe Tex, Wilson Pickett.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-fagen/randy-newman-seemed-like-an-even-worse-singer-than-me-i-liked-ray/) [Donald Fagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-fagen/) > [Popularity has everything to do with business and nothing to do with music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-fagen/popularity-has-everything-to-do-with-business-and-nothing-to-do-with/) [Donald Fagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-fagen/) > [As jazz fans, it was amusing for us to play jazz harmonies on these big, ugly electric guitars.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-fagen/as-jazz-fans-it-was-amusing-for-us-to-play-jazz-harmonies-on-these/) [Donald Fagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-fagen/) > [It's great to know that our old stuff still sounds good to our fans, just as it's wonderful to think that we've turned a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-fagen/it-s-great-to-know-that-our-old-stuff-still-sounds-good-to-our-fans/) [Donald Fagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-fagen/) > [What do you do with what you're given, and how do you transform it into something worthwhile?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-fagen/what-do-you-do-with-what-you-re-given-and-how-do-you-transform-it/) [Donald Fagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-fagen/) > [We don't think of ourselves as being perfectionists, really. To us it's more about desperately trying to have it sound more or less OK.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-fagen/we-don-t-think-of-ourselves-as-being-perfectionists-really-to-us-it-s/) [Donald Fagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-fagen/) > [What a beautiful world this will be What a glorious time to be free](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-fagen/what-a-beautiful-world-this-will-be-what-a-glorious-time-to-be-free/) [Donald Fagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-fagen/) > [“I started going to jazz clubs in New York when I was twelve or thirteen, first with my older cousins Mike and Jack, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-fagen/i-started-going-to-jazz-clubs-in-new-york-when-i-was-twelve-or/) [Donald Fagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-fagen/) > [Anthemic rock music is inherently fascist - anything intended to move huge masses of people is politically offensive to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-fagen/anthemic-rock-music-is-inherently-fascist-anything-intended-to-move/) [Donald Fagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-fagen/) > [I don't think you can escape the environment we live in now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-fagen/i-don-t-think-you-can-escape-the-environment-we-live-in-now/) [Donald Fagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-fagen/) > [I tried to grow up. Honest. Didn’t quite happen. I guess I’m someone for whom youth still seems more real than the present, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-fagen/i-tried-to-grow-up-honest-didn-t-quite-happen-i-guess-i-m-someone-for/) [Donald Fagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-fagen/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/talk-stuff/donald-fagen/#itemlist", "name": "1 Talk Stuff Quotes By Donald Fagen", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I tried to grow up. Honest. Didn’t quite happen. I guess I’m someone for whom youth still seems more real than the present, or the half century in between. And why not? I'm deeply underwhelmed by most contemporary art, literature, music, films, TV, the heinous little phones, money talk, real estate talk, all that stuff. 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