I tried to grow up. Honest. Didn’t quite happen. I guess I’m someone for whom youth still seems more real than the present, or the half century in be…

- Donald Fagen

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 t…

- Donald Fagen

Anthemic rock music is inherently fascist - anything intended to move huge masses of people is politically offensive to me.

- Donald Fagen

What do you do with what you're given, and how do you transform it into something worthwhile?

- Donald Fagen

We don't think of ourselves as being perfectionists, really. To us it's more about desperately trying to have it sound more or less OK.

- Donald Fagen

When you get a groove going, time flies.

- Donald Fagen

What a beautiful world this will be What a glorious time to be free

- Donald Fagen

I had a dream that Britney Spears rubbed her breasts in my face and Jennifer Lopez gave me head while Salma Hayek sucked my toes and the Olsen twins …

- Donald Fagen

Melodies can be good depending on the context. You can have a simple melody, and if the harmony behind it is interesting, it can make a very simple m…

- Donald Fagen