In my whole life, I've had maybe 10 people who have told me how much my music means to them. — David Berman Life Copy Share Image
Fan reaction is so out-sized and hyperbolic in rock music compared to other arts. — David Berman Music Copy Share Image
When art is about craftsmanship, then guys like me don't make it as artists. — David Berman About Copy Share Image
Silver Jews was always a coolection of old friends. Uncoolection. — David Berman Friends Copy Share Image
When there's trouble I don't like running, but I'm afraid I got more in common with who I was, than who I… — David Berman Afraid Copy Share Image
In 2004, I don't think any Silver Jews fan was probably expecting another record. — David Berman Another Copy Share Image
“You can't change the feeling but you can change your feelings about the feeling in a second or two” — david berman Can't change Copy Share Image
The songs of mine that don't work, the ones that I wouldn't consider playing live for instance, fail to integrate their idiosyncracies.… — David Berman Boring Copy Share Image
A lot of the Jews I met in Israel, almost all of them are secular. They get turned off by their religion,… — David Berman Christianity Copy Share Image
Everything I write goes through a lot of drafts. A hundred rewrites is not unusual for me to go through - the… — David Berman Back Copy Share Image
I mean, I wasn't fortunate enough to have ever experienced starting out with a band and sticking with them, so that would… — David Berman Band Copy Share Image
Unless we take care to clear the first principles of knowledge from the incumbrance and delusion of words, we may make infinite… — David Berman Care Copy Share Image
“Nude descending a staircase headless, not knowing where she is going but brave because all dreams lack conclusions and she is not… — David Berman Dreams Copy Share Image
It's a Gen X thing to be okay with going unnoticed or unrated or untouched. To be free from strangers' expectations, or… — David Berman Anger Copy Share Image
I heard Springsteen was an unhappy person. I don't know, I haven't read his biography. But a lot of people in my… — David Berman More Copy Share Image
I made records for 20 years, I lived off it. But people would say I made so many mistakes, I did so… — David Berman Band Copy Share Image
I was not born to be the center of attention in a crowded room. — David Berman Attention Copy Share Image
I take pride in the fact that I can walk away from things. My willingness to walk away has protected me, I… — David Berman Dreams Copy Share Image
There is a person whose acquaintance and conversation I do earnestly recommend unto you as thing of the greatest advantage: you will… — David Berman Acquaintance Copy Share Image
I've never been a big movie person, but I used to watch movies regularly in my life, and sometime in the '90s… — David Berman Big movie Copy Share Image
If they told me I couldn't leave the radius of six miles from my house, I really wouldn't care. There's nowhere I… — David Berman Care Copy Share Image
Over 95% of the designers who have ever lived are alive today. Together, we have the power to define what professionalism in… — David Berman Alive Copy Share Image
I think reporters think that they can get something extra out of a person face-to-face, but in reality people just give stock… — David Berman Give Copy Share Image
I ask myself when I see a new album: 'Is this an album that they needed to make, or do they need… — David Berman Album Copy Share Image
Obviously there was the idea that we could sell more records if we played live, but I guess I didn't care enough… — David Berman Care Copy Share Image
I want so many artists that I care about to go away and grow up, and have been amazed at how hard… — David Berman Art Copy Share Image
“...and my signature is drawn in magic marker on the lower right hand corner of the window so when something passes in… — David Berman Artist Copy Share Image
My only advice would be to someone right now, is if you're in a position in your life where you need to… — David Berman Advice Copy Share Image
...and my signature is drawn in magic markeron the lower right hand corner of the windowso when something passes in the darkit's… — David Berman Captured Copy Share Image
I bought a guitar when I was twenty. But I didn't write a song until I was 25 or 26. I never… — David Berman Better Copy Share Image
I don't have religion or culture. I don't have anything I can believe in when I'm really scared. When I play the… — David Berman Believe Copy Share Image
All musicians should write poetry or at least read it if they want to improve their game. Except for people who believe… — David Berman Believe Copy Share Image
I'm not the type to demand affirmation or to worry that I'll be forgotten. I'm more the type to dare the world… — David Berman Affirmation Copy Share Image
I don't have any desire to be in a relationship with anyone else, and I do feel like I'm on the other… — David Berman Any Copy Share Image
“out in the wide readership,his younger brother was kicking an ice bucket in the woods behind the Marriott, his younger brother who… — David Berman Brother Copy Share Image
I don't know if I actually respect other artists as people as much as I should. I look at their work as… — David Berman Art Copy Share Image
That's the way I've always been, between the albums: For two- or three-year gaps I wouldn't pick up a guitar. And when… — David Berman Always Copy Share Image
It frustrated me at college that all the acts in the Top 10 were like The Moody Blues and Phil Collins. It… — David Berman Blues Copy Share Image
In an email... like I did 100 interviews, and I never repeated one story. That's impossible to do when you do face-to-face… — David Berman Again Copy Share Image
