Dan Reynolds quotes

“I always like to leave art and music open to interpretation.”
-- Dan Reynolds

Source : "‘It’s Time’ for Imagine Dragons: An Interview With Front Man Dan". Interview with Jon Chattman, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 2, 2012.

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“A lot of people hear it in a dark way, but, I think, without saying the word too many times, it's empowering, and so we wanted to display that in a way that the listener wouldn't see normally.”
-- Dan Reynolds

Source : "Imagine Dragons' 'Radioactive' video: empowerment, Lou Diamond Phillips-style". www.mtv.com. December 14, 2012.

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“I always would dream of making music videos. Whenever I make music, I always have a visual in my mind. I always see things.”
-- Dan Reynolds

Source : "‘It’s Time’ for Imagine Dragons: An Interview With Front Man Dan". Interview with Jon Chattman, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 2, 2012.

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“My dad is my biggest source of inspiration. He's a lawyer, and when he'd get home, we always sat down and listened to music.”
-- Dan Reynolds

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“There is always a mix of apprehension and excitement before you try songs out on a new audience.”
-- Dan Reynolds

Source : "Exclusive: Imagine Dragons Tour Interview". Interview with Brandon Kim, www.ifc.com.

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“Who doesn't love a little Taylor Swift in their life? You know you need a little Taylor Swift in your life.”
-- Dan Reynolds

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“Art, however innocent, looks like deceiving.”

“We look at the world and see what we have learned to believe is there. We have been conditioned to expect... but, as photographers, we must learn to relax our beliefs.”

“To me documentary photography means making a picture so that the viewer doesn’t think about the man who made the picture. At its esthetic core is very old tradition in art: naturalism. And its purpose is to document all facets of social relationships.”

“I adhere to the religion of art and music and small children.”

Source : "Rosanne Cash Runs Down Her Father's 'List'". Interview with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. October 5, 2009.

“There was a time when meanings were focused and reality could be fixed; when that sort of belief disappeared, things became uncertain and open to interpretation.”

Source : Bridget Riley (2009). “The Eye's Mind: Collected Writings 1965-2009”

“Here’s how a child listens: you tell him something, and he puts his own interpretation on what you said. That’s what he hears. No one has ever heard you.”

“I feel like great TED Talks are ones that are a little bit subject to interpretation, that do provoke further conversation - and potentially controversy.”

“I don't like to get too specific about lyrics. It places limitations on them, and spoils the listeners' interpretation.”

“Appeals to the past are among the commonest of strategies in interpretations of the present.”

“All my lyrics are open to interpretation by the individual and imply many different meanings, therefore their relevance is purely subjective.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.