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  • Yeah, once the song is written, it just complexifies the profile of it to have the music and the words at odds. It comes naturally to me. A lot of my music is like that.
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  • Fan reaction is so out-sized and hyperbolic in rock music compared to other arts.
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  • I grew up the son of a businessman. And I didn't get into music to be a businessman.
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  • If critics were harder on the musicians that they love, there would be better songs. But as they grow older and they lose their talent, critics refuse to let them know that and protect them, and they get to the point where they put out music that just isn't up to the levels where they've already been.
    - David Berman
  • Intellectuals and creative people, once they start talking about God they get put into this other category: 'I don't go to people's music like that to understand my life.'
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  • Lyrically, country music is the most satisfying music for me.
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  • In my whole life, I've had maybe 10 people who have told me how much my music means to them.
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  • It's a Gen X thing to be okay with going unnoticed or unrated or untouched. To be free from strangers' expectations, or anger. People got angry at me when I stopped making music because it seemed I was devaluing everything.
    - David Berman