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

#brain #change #i #i think #last

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

#content #devoid #escapism #i #just

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

#energies #honing #i #into #my time

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

— Dan Deacon

#i #ideas #into #journal #just

I wanted to start working on something that had a lasting effect. ↗

— Dan Deacon

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I've since become really good at overwhelming myself. ↗

— Dan Deacon

#good #i #myself #overwhelming #really

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

#become #doing #dollars #friends #huge

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

— Dan Deacon

#just #made #most #never #performer

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

— Dan Deacon

#connected #feel #i #main #main thing

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

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