Dan Deacon Quotes & Sayings

The main thing I want to do is make people feel more connected and more active. — Dan Deacon

What's completely insane to me is that people would consider music that's simple to be dumbed-down. Couldn't simplicity be a deliberate, smart choice? — Dan Deacon

I've since become really good at overwhelming myself. — Dan Deacon

It was never the goal to be a solo performer. It was just something that made the most sense at the time. — Dan Deacon

Live performances make music important. Recording is cool and fun, and it's nice to document the thing you made, but the goal in my mind is to perform. — Dan Deacon

It's weird how people hate getting older ... — Dan Deacon

When I went to school, it was really just to immerse myself in listening to, studying, and making music. — Dan Deacon

I just wanted to make a record that wasn't escapism. Like, I didn't want to write another record that was devoid of meaningful content. — Dan Deacon

I throw ideas out into the open when I really should just be writing them down in a journal. — Dan Deacon

I need to start honing in on projects that I want to devote my time to and not put my energies into the unattainable ones. — Dan Deacon

I wanted to start working on something that had a lasting effect. — Dan Deacon

If you've become a huge act and you're still doing the same music you wrote with your friends when you were making zero dollars, you're lazy. — Dan Deacon

You know, most people called rap stupid when it started, and it was one of the most innovative music forms of its time. — Dan Deacon

For the last three years, I've been working on 'Bromst,' and that's all that encompassed my brain. And now that it's out, it will change the way that I think musically. — Dan Deacon