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As a pop musician, as someone who makes songs, the best ideas are the simplest. They come, and that's the lightning bolt moment.

~Bryce Dessner

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It doesn't necessarily take four years to write a good piece of music. It might take four hours. It just depends on when your inspiration comes.

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I love the physicality of instruments, and instruments as objects, like dancers are bodies.

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Playing pentatonic scales over orchestral music is not something I want to do or listen to.

~Bryce Dessner

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I call The National my family, and I'll be doing that as long as I want to.

~Bryce Dessner

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I can imagine myself as an old man writing music for choir or orchestra. I don't know that I'll be touring six months out of the year in a rock band when I'm 60.

~Bryce Dessner

Topics: Band Choir Imagine Know Man Months Music Myself Old Old Man Orchestra Out Rock Rock Band Six Touring Writing Year I Can

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Composer

Born: April 23rd, 1976

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