Aaron Dessner

The Planned Parenthood 7" project is an example of us putting our noses to the grindstone on and trying to make a…

— Aaron Dessner

My wife is from Copenhagen and her father has been a huge Liverpool supporter since the early 1960s.

— Aaron Dessner

I grew up fly fishing when I was a kid. The feeling of it is fun. I went fly-fishing on Lake Delaware…

— Aaron Dessner

We've always been trying to climb this ladder that leans so hard on our own idea of what our big songs are.…

— Aaron Dessner

And my parents live down in West Virginia, and I have to drive through the Shenandoah Valley pretty often to go visit…

— Aaron Dessner

I tried hard not to think about the scope or scale of making a record that would be heard by millions and…

— Aaron Dessner

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…

— Aaron Dessner

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…

— Aaron Dessner

I think the idea is that every time we perform Big Red Machine music it should be different somehow - like, different…

— Aaron Dessner

One of the hardest things about being a musician is finishing a project and then having to wait three or six months…

— Aaron Dessner

Anyone who's speaking up about anything becomes a target.

— Aaron Dessner

After years of touring you experience music festivals that are mostly the same - where you copy and paste the same experience…

— Aaron Dessner

There's no one songwriter in the band. It's collaborative, and we all have different tastes.

— Aaron Dessner

"I'll Still Destroy You" song is lovingly talking about how we change our states of mind, whether it's weed or wine or…

— Aaron Dessner

For whatever reason, you gravitate to certain subjects, and I read a lot of history.

— Aaron Dessner

I think for me to be involved in a festival, there has to be a strong element of songwriting and musicianship.

— Aaron Dessner

It's actually not that hard to play guitar in a rock band.

— Aaron Dessner

I thought I was going to play soccer in college.

— Aaron Dessner

In fact, after Donald Trump won, some of the relief of finishing record was to turn off all the politics for a…

— Aaron Dessner

I guess I like minor chords better than major ones, in general.

— Aaron Dessner

I'm very fortunate and grateful to wake up every morning in the rural countryside I live in, looking at farmland and these…

— Aaron Dessner

I busked a few times in Asheville, North Carolina, when I was 18. It was terrifying. I was probably just trying to…

— Aaron Dessner

There are so many books out about Abraham Lincoln out now because it's the bicentennial of his birth. I've known a lot…

— Aaron Dessner

Seven' is this kind of nostalgic, emotional folk song.

— Aaron Dessner

There are people who want to hear what they consider your hits. There are people who want you to experiment and explore…

— Aaron Dessner