"My style is a little quirky. I can't……" — Donald Fagen
"My style is a little quirky. I can't play as fast as most professional jazz players."
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17 Quotes by Donald Fagen
Donald Fagen has 17 quotes on this site.
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Melodies can be good depending on the context. You can have a simple melody, and if the harmony behind it…
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We don't think of ourselves as being perfectionists, really. To us it's more about desperately trying to have it sound…
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I tried to grow up. Honest. Didn’t quite happen. I guess I’m someone for whom youth still seems more real…
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I have a critical nature, in the sense that when I look at something I often look for the flaws.
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I like it when songs develop in some way. Four minutes usually isn't enough time for something to develop musically.
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People are usually afraid to say what's on their mind.
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What do you do with what you're given, and how do you transform it into something worthwhile?
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My writing is really intuitive. As a kid, I went to school in New Jersey and hung out in New…
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I've never been comfortable as a lead performer, and I never wanted to be a singer, particularly.
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Anthemic rock music is inherently fascist - anything intended to move huge masses of people is politically offensive to me.
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I took some lessons as a kid but trained myself by ear. I did it the way jazz musicians used…
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Randy Newman seemed like an even worse singer than me. I liked Ray Charles, Levi Stubbs, Jack Jones, Joe Tex,…
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Oh! do not attack me with your watch. A watch is always too fast or too slow. I cannot be…
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Those who spend too fast never grow rich.
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