57 Quotes by Aaron Dessner

One of the hardest things about being a musician is finishing a project and then having to wait three or six months to publish it and to do all the sort of promotional behaviour.

I used to think of 'alternative rock' as a radio format, kind of the way 'indie rock' used to have more meaning. But it means different things depending on where you are or what country you're in.

The National's favorite experiences as musicians are when we are collaborating with people a little outside of our world as a band.

I kind of love opening, because it's easier and kind of just more fun to get up and play fast and furious and have a good time.

Our writing, especially during 'Boxer' - the recording process was the writing process, which is not the way I would advise anyone else to do it.

One of the negative sides of a really intense arc as a touring band is there are big gaps in your memory because you're so exhausted.

Sometimes my brother and I - we're twins, and sometimes we joke that we're like a two-headed monster. We can be hard to deal with because we don't break ranks; we stick together.

My wife is from Copenhagen and her father has been a huge Liverpool supporter since the early 1960s.

There have definitely been phases of the National, many years ago, where we did party, and various people, in their own way, fell off the wagon.