81 Quotes by Walter Becker

I'm glad we turned into a big-time touring band later in life. In fact, it's almost like we planned it out that way.

People are really exercised about one particular thing, and that is themselves. They will bore you endlessly with their broken hearts.

We try to write things that work on a variety of levels at the same time: A sleek exterior with a turbulent lyric.

Rock music is being systematically merged with fashion.

I think every time, before we do an album, we have a discussion where we sort of consider the idea of doing something radically different.

If there's a strange way to do something, I would certainly like to know about it. I feel that I owe that to my public.

We have been fortunate enough to do something that has always been out of the mainstream and yet have an audience for what we do.

Most of the time when people say something sounds like Steely Dan, and I listen to it, it doesn't. And I'm not even sure what they're talking about.

I thought Twitter was a joke. I really thought it was a gag. I thought it was like National Lampoon or the Onion.