To say, "It used to be better," nobody can say, "Well, no it wasn't." It's like telling a story that is self-aggrandizing about someone who has passed away, when they can't tell the other side of the story. — Dan Mangan Copy Share Image
There's when a phrase circles in my head in a number of ways for any number of days, weeks, or months, and then that… — Dan Mangan Copy Share
When you put a halo on concepts - gender roles, religion, nationality or pride - or you put a halo on any topic -… — Dan Mangan Copy Share
What frustrated us about the song [Robots] was not that it existed - we owe a lot to that song and have had a… — Dan Mangan Copy Share
If the point of good art is to be somewhat subtle then it's not going to catch everyone. — Dan Mangan Copy Share
You feel the weight of the world and you take things in and you are acting out from a place of being pushed and… — Dan Mangan Copy Share
I'm influenced in a million different ways by a million songs that I've heard and digested. — Dan Mangan Copy Share
I remember somebody saying, "I feel really bad for kids growing up around iPads right now. It's just too complicated. Life's too complicated." I… — Dan Mangan Copy Share
More than anything, being an English major made me more appreciative of authors and what an incredible feat it is to just finish a… — Dan Mangan Copy Share
If you make everything really on the nose so everyone knows exactly what you're talking about, it's often not as strong. — Dan Mangan Copy Share
I feel like songwriting changed from something that I liked doing to something that, I feel, is a very important outlet for me to… — Dan Mangan Copy Share
It's not supposed to make you distracted from your life, it's supposed to make you challenge the ongoing distraction with focused intention. Simply discussing… — Dan Mangan Copy Share
We talk about the past like it's the strangest dream. Then we repeat the things we never dreamed we'd do. — Dan Mangan Copy Share
The most rewarding possible thing that a songwriter or an artist of any kind can experience is to hear firsthand from the mouth of… — Dan Mangan Copy Share
I grew up with a rotary phone in my house and that seems a world away, but that's what I was used to as… — Dan Mangan Copy Share
