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.
Big, evocative words get thrown around, and people can sing along to passionately as if the lyrics just materialized out of the ether, largely becaus… - Dan Bejar
Big, evocative words get thrown around, and people can sing along to passionately as if the lyrics just materialized out of the ether, largely becaus…
- Dan Bejar
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
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.
Once you feel like you can safely quit a melody, you are free to explore more important things. - Dan Bejar
Once you feel like you can safely quit a melody, you are free to explore more important things.
I always start with the lyrics, because starting with the music means the words will be bad. - Dan Bejar
I always start with the lyrics, because starting with the music means the words will be bad.
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 i… - Dan Bejar
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 i…
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 co… - Dan Bejar
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 co…
The more I abandon ideas of myself as a musician, the better a singer I become. - Dan Bejar
The more I abandon ideas of myself as a musician, the better a singer I become.
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 no… - Dan Bejar
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 no…
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
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.
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