Dan Bejar Quotes

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• I always start with the lyrics, because starting with the music means the words will be bad.

  Dan Bejar

  Mean, Starting

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• The more I abandon ideas of myself as a musician, the better a singer I become.

  Dan Bejar

  Ideas, Musician, Singers

  "Destroyer" by Matt LeMay, pitchfork.com. June 12, 2006.

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• 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 in and make real the ideas that are kind of vague and wispy in my head.

  Dan Bejar

  Real, Thinking, Ideas

  "Destroyer. Pornographer. Bejar". Interview with Phil Runco, brightestyoungthings.com. June 12, 2012.

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• I'm not really sure that I have the same definition of things as other people. Like, when people talk about being "engaged" with the audience, I'm not exactly sure what they mean.

  Dan Bejar

  Mean, People, Definitions

  "Destroyer. Pornographer. Bejar". Interview with Phil Runco, brightestyoungthings.com. June 12,2012.

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• I don't banter with the audience, cause I don't have anything to say to them, and I'm not feeling any sense of ease or camaraderie when I'm on stage.

  Dan Bejar

  Feelings, Ease, Causes

  "Destroyer". Interview with Matt LeMay, pitchfork.com. June 12, 2006.

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• Big, evocative words get thrown around, and people can sing along to passionately as if the lyrics just materialized out of the ether, largely because they don't ever seem to coalesce into a writerly voice.

  Dan Bejar

  Voice, People, Bigs

  "Destroyer". Interview with Matt LeMay, pitchfork.com. June 12, 2006.

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• People say I write specifically about nothing in particular. I don't know about the latter part, but I think the first part is really important in conjuring up a voice that works, or at least the illusion of a voice at work.

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  Writing, Thinking, Voice

  "Destroyer" by Matt LeMay, pitchfork.com. June 12, 2006.

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• I was born in 1972, which means that in "rock" terms I have no business addressing "the kids" unless it's to shoo them out of my garden.

  Dan Bejar

  Mean, Kids, Garden

  "Destroyer". Interview with Matt LeMay, pitchfork.com. June 12, 2006.

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• Generally, if you could picture a bunch of rock and roll momentum behind a song and it was particularly melodious, maybe the Pornographers would do it. If it was kind of moody and more lyrical, then maybe it would be a Destroyer song. Anything that's really lyrically driven I would keep for Destroyer.

  Dan Bejar

  Song, Rocks, Rock And Roll

  "Destroyer. Pornographer. Bejar". Interview with Phil Runco, brightestyoungthings.com. June 12, 2012.

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• Once you feel like you can safely quit a melody, you are free to explore more important things.

  Dan Bejar

  Important, Quitting, Like You

  "Destroyer" by Matt LeMay, pitchfork.com. June 12, 2006.

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• I like putting common expressions next to uncommon expressions. I'm sure in Poetry 101 there is a name for it, but it seems like you usually go one way or the other in rock music.

  Dan Bejar

  Rocks, Expression, Names

  "Destroyer" by Matt LeMay, pitchfork.com. June 12, 2006.

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• Kaputt was just a record that did really well for us, and therefore our record label and our booking agent said that we should go out and take our message to the world.

  Dan Bejar

  Labels, Records, Agents

  "Destroyer. Pornographer. Bejar". Interview With Phil Runco, brightestyoungthings.com. June 12, 2012.

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• I don't really listen to rock music anymore. But were I to write a song that sounded like it could be a rock song, I'd probably give it to the Pornographers, and I'd be excited to try to make it work.

  Dan Bejar

  Song, Writing, Rocks

  "Destroyer. Pornographer. Bejar". Interview with Phil Runco, brightestyoungthings.com. June 12, 2012.

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• When I go to a show, all I really want is to hear a performance that sounds legitimate, and not just going through the motions. I'm not sure any amount of jumping up and down really persuades me in either direction.

  Dan Bejar

  Jumping, Sound, Want

  "Destroyer. Pornographer. Bejar". Interview with Phil Runco, brightestyoungthings.com. June 12, 2012.

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• I'm probably more into a more spacious, even meditative, quiet delivery of singing.

  Dan Bejar

  Singing, Quiet, Delivery

  "Destroyer. Pornographer. Bejar". Interview with Phil Runco, brightestyoungthings.com. June 12, 2012.

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• I like playing music. I don't always like the feeling of people looking at me. I don't think I'm, like, a natural performer, but I'm getting better.

  Dan Bejar

  Thinking, People, Feelings

  "Destroyer. Pornographer. Bejar". Interview with Phil Runco, brightestyoungthings.com. June 12, 2012.

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• 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 if that's mysterious - maybe it's just old fashioned.

  Dan Bejar

  Say Anything, Want, Lasts

  "Destroyer. Pornographer. Bejar". Interview with Phil Runco, brightestyoungthings.com. June 12, 2012.

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• I'm just kind of lazy and messed up and self-managed - self-mismanaged.

  Dan Bejar

  Self, Lazy, Kind

  "Destroyer. Pornographer. Bejar". Interview with Phil Runco, brightestyoungthings.com. June 12, 2012.

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• I'm more focused as a singer and hands-on with music and more exacting, and less trying to furiously fit a thousands thoughts into a four minute song.

  Dan Bejar

  Song, Hands, Trying

  "Destroyer. Pornographer. Bejar". Interview with Phil Runco, brightestyoungthings.com. June 12, 2012.

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• I don't really know what's going on with the Pornographers - everyone's kind of doing their own stuff. I mean, they play shows here or there.

  Dan Bejar

  Mean, Play, Stuff

  "Destroyer. Pornographer. Bejar". Interview with Phil Runco, brightestyoungthings.com. June 12, 2012.

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• I was a member of the band when it was just, like, a conversation at a bar. Then we constantly practiced, we played shows, we tooled around in the studio. And then, when I moved and kind of bailed on that, is when... So, yeah, for the first, 'Mass Romantic,' I was heavily involved. Then, for a couple records after that, I was not really involved at all.

  Dan Bejar

  Couple, Firsts, Bars

  "Destroyer. Pornographer. Bejar". Interview with Phil Runco, brightestyoungthings.com. June 12, 2012.

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• I've never had any kind of work ethic. I've never sat down with the intention of writing a song.

  Dan Bejar

  Song, Writing, Work Ethic

  "Destroyer. Pornographer. Bejar". Interview With Phil Runco, brightestyoungthings.com. June 12, 2012.

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• No one appreciates a professional anymore. Everyone's a mystic. Which is why I take drunk Jim over acid Jim - the argument all roads eventually lead to.

  Dan Bejar

  Appreciate, Drunk, Acid

  "Destroyer" by Matt LeMay, pitchfork.com. June 12, 2006.

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• It's actually really stereotypical that someone should be 40 and mellow out, but I think it's more about trying to conjure up a different intensity in my head, one where I'm more focused as a singer and hands-on with music and more exacting, and less trying to furiously fit a thousands thoughts into a four minute song.

  Dan Bejar

  Song, Thinking, Trying

  Source: brightestyoungthings.com

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• I like playing music. I don't always like the feeling of people looking at me. I don't think I'm a natural performer, but I'm getting better.

  Dan Bejar

  Thinking, People, Feelings

  Source: brightestyoungthings.com

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