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My writing is really intuitive. As a kid, I went to school in New Jersey and hung out in New York, so the way kids used to talk got into our earlier songs.
- Donald Fagen
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#School
#Talk
#Way
#Writing
My style is a little quirky. I can't play as fast as most professional jazz players.
- Donald Fagen
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#Jazz
#Play
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#Style
Popularity has everything to do with business and nothing to do with music.
- Donald Fagen
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#Everything
#Music
#Nothing
I like it when songs develop in some way. Four minutes usually isn't enough time for something to develop musically.
- Donald Fagen
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#Enough
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I have a critical nature, in the sense that when I look at something I often look for the flaws.
- Donald Fagen
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#Flaws
#Look
#Nature
#Something
I've never been comfortable as a lead performer, and I never wanted to be a singer, particularly.
- Donald Fagen
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#Lead
#Never
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#Wanted
We're not getting any younger.
- Donald Fagen
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#Getting
#Younger
I had trouble distinguishing art from life. I don't now, and I feel much better!
- Donald Fagen
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#Feel
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#Trouble
Anthemic rock music is inherently fascist - anything intended to move huge masses of people is politically offensive to me.
- Donald Fagen
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#Me
#Music
#People
#Rock
What do you do with what you're given, and how do you transform it into something worthwhile?
- Donald Fagen
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#Transform
#Worthwhile
People are usually afraid to say what's on their mind.
- Donald Fagen
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#Mind
#People
#Say
I took some lessons as a kid but trained myself by ear. I did it the way jazz musicians used to learn years ago, which is to play records and slow them down to figure out the notes. At first I tried to imitate Red Garland, who was my favorite jazz pianist.
- Donald Fagen
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#Myself
#Red
#Slow
#Way
Randy Newman seemed like an even worse singer than me. I liked Ray Charles, Levi Stubbs, Jack Jones, Joe Tex, Wilson Pickett.
- Donald Fagen
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#Me
#Ray
#Than
#Worse
When you get a groove going, time flies.
- Donald Fagen
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#Going
#Groove
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