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“I'd watched a lot of David Letterman for sure. As far as who I watched as a late-show host, it was definitely Letterman.”

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Chad VanGaalen

Chad VanGaalen is a Canadian independent musician born in 1977. His musical style blends folk, rock, and electronic elements, making him a distinctive figure in the independent music scene with his unique sound and creative talent. more

“I'm definitely in the market for being uncool. There was some funny stuff, like the thing about making sure I show people that I have tattoos and cigarettes so that they know I'm badass. But really, I do have tattoos! And I do smoke cigarettes sometimes, and I can't change that. But I am not badass, by any means. I do some stuff that's tongue-in-cheek, and some stuff that's on the line. And it could be funny, it could be serious, and I never even know myself, because it could be funny that day, and the next day it's totally embarrassing.”

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Author:Ryan Adams

“There are times when I want to be plainspoken about my feelings in a song. But there are other times when it's really good to try and get my head around different kinds of song structures, or maybe I might get turned on by trying to write a song that would fit in this one scene in a movie. And by the end of all this, you just end up with a bunch of different ideas. And songs are really just ideas.”

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Author:Ryan Adams

“The good thing about playing the guitar: You can take on different kinds of music. I'm always doing something different from the last thing I did because I have the shortest attention span on earth.”

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Author:Ryan Adams

“Presidential legacies are valuable things, too valuable to be left up to historians.”

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Author:Thomas Frank

“The process of making music is more interesting to me than the end result. If I was a cook, I'd be more interested in cooking food than eating food.”

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Author:Ryan Adams

“Most of my songs are pretty sketchy. There's not a lot of bass sections. I don't write big bridges. Sometimes I'll try. But it's hard for me to focus that way, because I always think it's more interesting to just see what will happen next.”

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Author:Ryan Adams

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