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When you start to work with s...

When you start to work with someone, there's a negotiation that takes place involving what's going to happen when you have a difference of opinion. Most attempts at collaboration never survive the negotiation. Merely being agreeable is not enough.

Walter Becker 6 quotes

If it feels like we're re-cre...

If it feels like we're re-creating something rather than creating something, we don't do it.

Walter Becker 6 quotes

The perfect day for me is wak...

The perfect day for me is waking up and having a cup of tea with my kids before I drive them to school; Then, I go into the studio and try and write some music for three or four hours and give up about noon.

Walter Becker 6 quotes

With 'Aja,' there was a sort ...

With 'Aja,' there was a sort of happy conjunction between our tastes and the backgrounds and styles of studio musicians at the time.

Walter Becker 6 quotes

In the '70s, my playing was c...

In the '70s, my playing was completely untutored, but it sounded good to me, and I tried to find ways to make those very simple things work in more ambitious contexts.

Walter Becker 6 quotes

When you're collaborating wit...

When you're collaborating with somebody, there has to be a spirit of cooperation. There are a lot of times when you just can't persuade someone to write a certain type of song, either musically or lyrically.

Walter Becker 6 quotes

When the first album came out...

When the first album came out and I heard 'Do It Again' on the radio, that was the greatest thing that had ever happened. After that, it was all downhill.

Walter Becker 6 quotes

I think that there's the self...

I think that there's the self-imposed pressure to come up with something that's good. For guys like us, that's much more important than any external pressure could really be.

Walter Becker 6 quotes

We fly to the town in the lit...

We fly to the town in the little private airplane, and then we have to get in cars and drive to the hotel and then drive to the gig. So, I want to do a tour where the performances will actually be at the small airports.

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The protagonist in 'Deacon Bl...

The protagonist in 'Deacon Blues' is a triple-L loser - an L-L-L Loser. It's not so much about a guy who achieves his dream but about a broken dream of a broken man living a broken life.

Walter Becker 6 quotes

I'm glad we turned into a big...

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.

Walter Becker 6 quotes

Originally, we had a band kno...

Originally, we had a band known as Steely Dan. As we moved away from the band, we got whoever was appropriate for specific tunes. In a lot of cases, we gravitated toward jazz players who had more sophisticated harmonic concepts.

Walter Becker 6 quotes

It's good - it's great when s...

It's good - it's great when somebody who is 20 years younger than you comes up and says, 'Wow, we just got turned on to you guys, and you're really great,' or something like that. I like that.

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I learned music from a book o...

I learned music from a book on piano theory. I was only interested in knowing about chords. From that, and from the 'Harvard Dictionary of Music,' I learned everything I wanted to know.

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I thought Twitter was a joke....

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

Walter Becker 6 quotes

We try to write things that w...

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

Walter Becker 6 quotes

If any artist abuses his audi...

If any artist abuses his audience as a means to any end, noble or ignoble, he better have a damn good reason for it.

Walter Becker 6 quotes

Most of the time when people ...

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.

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Singing, for me, means singin...

Singing, for me, means singing as loud as I can.

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I love guys like Charlie Park...

I love guys like Charlie Parker.

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Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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