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As much as you try to organize your life, life will surprise you.

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I've got this diverse education, growing up in classical music and existing between that and music that is more visceral, so for sure, I've always been interested in music from other cultures.

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Being a classical musician, you can go to school for it; you can go get a degree. Even as a composer, there is a certain career path you can follow, but becoming a rock musician is a much more elusive career. How do you learn that or do that?

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As a band gets more successful, there's a danger of falling in love with your own shadow.

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The danger of a rock band is repeating oneself. It's our greatest fear - that it evolves into the myopia of a semi-successful band that's in love with its own shadow.

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When we learned to play in bands, what we were covering was equal part the Velvet Underground and the Grateful Dead. That would defy the logic that somehow these things don't fit in the same musical well.

~Bryce Dessner

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I grew up going to see my sister dance, both at the ballet and later as a modern dancer, and have always been a big fan of the ballet. So I have had a long relationship with dance.

~Bryce Dessner

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When working with classical musicians, it is important to be clear as possible in the score about what my intentions are. Because there isn't a lot of rehearsal time, especially at the ballet, it's best if everything is written in the score.

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Part of what I enjoy about writing classical music is communicating through the score and collaborating with such amazing musicians.

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We've played in places where there were more of us onstage than in the audience.

~Bryce Dessner

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Composer

Born: April 23rd, 1976

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