No one appreciates a professional anymore. Everyone's a mystic. Which is why I take drunk Jim over acid Jim - the argument… — Dan Bejar Acid Copy Share Image
I've never had any kind of work ethic. I've never sat down with the intention of writing a song. — Dan Bejar Ethics Copy Share Image
I actually do see rock and roll as pop music. I think the distinction I was making was that I was going… — Dan Bejar Albums Copy Share Image
Kaputt was just a record that did really well for us, and therefore our record label and our booking agent said that… — Dan Bejar Agents Copy Share Image
I force myself to care about the music end by wrestling with it for years. — Dan Bejar Care Copy Share Image
Big, evocative words get thrown around, and people can sing along to passionately as if the lyrics just materialized out of the… — Dan Bejar Bigs Copy Share Image
I think the more removed I feel, the more I warm up to the role of singer. — Dan Bejar Feels Copy Share Image
When I'm on stage I don't say anything. The last thing I want to do is share my thoughts. I don't know… — Dan Bejar Ifs Copy Share Image
Most musicians don't write about being a musician cause most musicians aren't writers. — Dan Bejar Causes Copy Share Image
It's actually really stereotypical that someone should be 40 and mellow out, but I think it's more about trying to conjure up… — Dan Bejar Different Copy Share Image
I certainly didn't predict people who spent years actively disliking the band to all of a sudden like the band. That's pretty… — Dan Bejar Band Copy Share Image
I don't really listen to rock music anymore. But were I to write a song that sounded like it could be a… — Dan Bejar Excited Copy Share Image
I'm not that conscious of my writing, so pacing the lyrics doesn't really enter the picture. — Dan Bejar Conscious Copy Share Image
I can't fool myself into thinking that musically I don't need other people, whether it's as a foil or just to come… — Dan Bejar Foils Copy Share Image
The more I abandon ideas of myself as a musician, the better a singer I become. — Dan Bejar Abandon Copy Share Image
Once you feel like you can safely quit a melody, you are free to explore more important things. — Dan Bejar Feels Copy Share Image
I was a member of the band when it was just, like, a conversation at a bar. Then we constantly practiced, we… — Dan Bejar Band Copy Share Image
It never really interested me in the past but, for the first time, I wanted to make a pop record. I thought… — Dan Bejar Down and Copy Share Image
Part of me likes words as music sabotage, and part of me wonders why anyone would waste their time liking anything to… — Dan Bejar Likes Copy Share Image
When I go to a show, all I really want is to hear a performance that sounds legitimate, and not just going… — Dan Bejar Amount Copy Share Image
I always start with the lyrics, because starting with the music means the words will be bad. — Dan Bejar Mean Copy Share Image
I'm probably more into a more spacious, even meditative, quiet delivery of singing. — Dan Bejar Delivery Copy Share Image
Generally, if you could picture a bunch of rock and roll momentum behind a song and it was particularly melodious, maybe the… — Dan Bejar Behinds Copy Share Image
I knew what real instruments I wanted and, in some cases, who I wanted to play them. I had started listening to… — Dan Bejar Ambient Copy Share Image
