Donald Fagen Quotes

I've never done it before. I might do a few Steely Dan things that I particularly like, but it'll mainly be my stuff.

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Mortality! It's intimations of mortality. I'm 58, and by that time, more people you know have died. My mother died a few years ago. And being a New Yorker, 9/11 had a lot to do with the mood of the city.

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I'm starting to get older, and began to think about mortality a little more. My mother died in 2003 and that was a big shock. When your parents start to die off, that's going to be a revelation. So for me, this album - although it might sound quite cheery - is really talking about death.

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It's great to know that our old stuff still sounds good to our fans, just as it's wonderful to think that we've turned a few people on to jazz over the years.

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I had trouble distinguishing art from life. I don't now, and I feel much better!

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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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