Eminent Hipsters
A source page for quotes linked to Donald Fagen.
“I've never been comfortable as a lead performer, and I never wanted to be a singer, particularly.”
“My style is a little quirky. I can't play as fast as most professional jazz players.”
“As jazz fans, it was amusing for us to play jazz harmonies on these big, ugly electric guitars.”
“I don't think you can escape the environment we live in now.”
“I think of Steely Dan as being of its time, and it may be inseparable from its time.”
“I have a critical nature, in the sense that when I look at something I often look for the flaws.”
“Popularity has everything to do with business and nothing to do with music.”
“What do you do with what you're given, and how do you transform it into something worthwhile?”
“What a beautiful world this will be What a glorious time to be free”