Trevor Dunn Quotes
Quotations and aphorisms by Trevor Dunn:
I feel akin to the Platypus. An orphan in a family. A swimmer, a recluse. Part bird, part fish, part lizard.
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But I also like to be in control, like anyone else. I try to achieve a balance.
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I never understood why the metal heads in my school hated the punks.
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Mullets are still going strong in the south and places like St Louis or the Carolinas.
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I mean, I would hope that I have a style or personality that is evident wherever I go.
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Bungle is definitely a priority right now.
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It's too hard for me to comment on the sorry state of our culture.
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It wasn't until after private lessons and learning bass lines that I even noticed bass in the music I was listening to at that age. My ears were blown wide open.
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If you want music that speaks to you, that LISTENS to you, you have to go out of your way, which I enjoy actually. I'm constantly on a private-eye kick to find the totally obscure.
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I've experienced as much fame as I ever want to.
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Pop culture is not about depth. It's about marketing, supply and demand, consumerism.
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Different people bring out different aspects of ones personality.
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Hopefully, as a band, it will grow and develop for a good length of time.
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If I can introduce someone to something new, as is constantly happening to me, then I am elated.
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I love being a musician. I love the lifestyle. But I think it's probably as difficult and frustrating as anything.
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Well, I've never been to Japan so I couldn't say. I do know that we have a bit of a following there however.
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Now I am obsessed with collecting Platypus paraphernalia.
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I'm comfortable, but not satisfied and I hope to always feel that way.
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I guess the two Manifesto, Communicating Vessels, Mad Love, and some of his poetry made a significant mark on me but as far as bringing a literary element into the music I see it as a much broader assimilation.
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NYC is chaotic. And I am attracted to chaos.
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Music is a very personal and emotional form of communication.
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I think it was more personal, but I certainly tried to adapt certain concepts of Surrealism.
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I need to broaden my horizons.
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I remember when metal was something you really had to search out, and now I hear it on car commercials.
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I take all of my music seriously and personally.
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The bungle tour is a bit up in the air due to the fact this at we are getting screwed by our overseas label.
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I love playing in Fantomas, which is very strict in terms of composition.
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I don't really know why I chose bass except that it was different than guitar.
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Harry Patch didn't get enough recognition. Jerry Garcia got too much.
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There's a reason I moved to NYC, and if I listed all the musicians on my list you'd grow weary.
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I have no inflated ideas about success anyway.
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Being in several, disparate bands is what I thrive on.
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