Dan Mangan – Quotes

Sold my soul to

Sold my soul to the devil / for nice penmanship. / Now I write real pretty / but I’m starting to regret it. Dan Mangan

There’s going to be

There’s going to be ups and downs and that you have to be okay with the downs too and embrace them just as much because they will teach you something. Dan Mangan

When you put a halo on concepts – gender roles, religion, nationality or pride – or you put a halo on any topic – anything that you hold dear like the relationship between a father and son or a mother and daughter, what it means to be married or what it means to be single … Read more

If I write about

If I write about something that I’ve experienced and somebody goes, Oh my God, I feel the exact same way, then both of us are connected, and when you feel connected to people, you feel understood. You feel a sense of purpose. Dan Mangan

And sometimes you just

And sometimes you just have to trust that there will be more, sometimes you go through dry spells and you have to assure yourself no no, it’s gonna be fine. There’s gonna be more songs, it’s all good. Dan Mangan

It doesn’t matter if

It doesn’t matter if you’re talking to a communist or a fascist if you say, do you want a good future for your kids? Well they’re all going to say yes. Well do you think that money should be spent efficiently? Yes. Al of these things, everyone agrees on them but the way that we … Read more

We’re constantly dealing with

We’re constantly dealing with old problems under the circumstance of new variables, so just things like greed and fear and anger and inequality are issues that humanity has constantly dealt with. The parameters and the variables change but these are old things. And discussing those things is slightly more timeless rather than focusing on one … Read more

We talk about the

We talk about the past like it’s the strangest dream. Then we repeat the things we never dreamed we’d do. Dan Mangan

When you have a

When you have a young kid you can’t go out much at night, so I spent a lot of time at home, watching movies and cooking dinner with my wife. It felt like what most people experience. White picket fence stuff.So there was some enjoyment of that normalcy, but I have to admit that part … Read more

I think it’s important

I think it’s important to accept all the ways that we’re absurdly lucky. I’m a white male from a safe city in a wealthy country. Dan Mangan