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title: "1 Used Better Quotes By Dan Mangan"
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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-mangan/to-say-it-used-to-be-better-nobody-can-say-well-no-it-wasn-t-it-s/)

[Dan Mangan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-mangan/)

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## More by Dan Mangan

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-mangan/there-s-when-a-phrase-circles-in-my-head-in-a-number-of-ways-for-any/)

[Dan Mangan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-mangan/)

> [When you put a halo on concepts - gender roles, religion, nationality or pride - or you put a halo on any topic -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-mangan/when-you-put-a-halo-on-concepts-gender-roles-religion-nationality-or/)

[Dan Mangan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-mangan/)

> [ What frustrated us about the song \[Robots\] was not that it existed - we owe a lot to that song and have had a… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-mangan/what-frustrated-us-about-the-song-robots-was-not-that-it-existed-we/)

[Dan Mangan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-mangan/)

> [If the point of good art is to be somewhat subtle then it's not going to catch everyone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-mangan/if-the-point-of-good-art-is-to-be-somewhat-subtle-then-it-s-not-going/)

[Dan Mangan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-mangan/)

> [You feel the weight of the world and you take things in and you are acting out from a place of being pushed and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-mangan/you-feel-the-weight-of-the-world-and-you-take-things-in-and-you-are/)

[Dan Mangan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-mangan/)

> [I'm influenced in a million different ways by a million songs that I've heard and digested.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-mangan/i-m-influenced-in-a-million-different-ways-by-a-million-songs-that-i/)

[Dan Mangan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-mangan/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-mangan/i-remember-somebody-saying-i-feel-really-bad-for-kids-growing-up/)

[Dan Mangan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-mangan/)

> [More than anything, being an English major made me more appreciative of authors and what an incredible feat it is to just finish a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-mangan/more-than-anything-being-an-english-major-made-me-more-appreciative/)

[Dan Mangan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-mangan/)

> [If you make everything really on the nose so everyone knows exactly what you're talking about, it's often not as strong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-mangan/if-you-make-everything-really-on-the-nose-so-everyone-knows-exactly/)

[Dan Mangan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-mangan/)

> [I think the future and the past are equally hypothetical.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-mangan/i-think-the-future-and-the-past-are-equally-hypothetical/)

[Dan Mangan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-mangan/)

> [I feel like songwriting changed from something that I liked doing to something that, I feel, is a very important outlet for me to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-mangan/i-feel-like-songwriting-changed-from-something-that-i-liked-doing-to/)

[Dan Mangan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-mangan/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-mangan/it-s-not-supposed-to-make-you-distracted-from-your-life-it-s-supposed/)

[Dan Mangan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-mangan/)

> [We talk about the past like it's the strangest dream. Then we repeat the things we never dreamed we'd do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-mangan/we-talk-about-the-past-like-it-s-the-strangest-dream-then-we-repeat/)

[Dan Mangan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-mangan/)

> [The most rewarding possible thing that a songwriter or an artist of any kind can experience is to hear firsthand from the mouth of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-mangan/the-most-rewarding-possible-thing-that-a-songwriter-or-an-artist-of/)

[Dan Mangan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-mangan/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-mangan/i-grew-up-with-a-rotary-phone-in-my-house-and-that-seems-a-world-away/)

[Dan Mangan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-mangan/)

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