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Trevor Dunn
American
Musician
About the author
The bungle tour is a bit up in the air due to the fact this at we are getting screwed by our overseas label.
Trevor Dunn,
American
Musician
#Fact
I've experienced as much fame as I ever want to.
Trevor Dunn,
American
Musician
#Want
#Fame
If I can introduce someone to something new, as is constantly happening to me, then I am elated.
Trevor Dunn,
American
Musician
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.
Trevor Dunn,
American
Musician
#Want
#Music
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.
Trevor Dunn,
American
Musician
#Open
#Age
#Music
#Listening
#Learning
It's too hard for me to comment on the sorry state of our culture.
Trevor Dunn,
American
Musician
#State
#Culture
Mullets are still going strong in the south and places like St Louis or the Carolinas.
Trevor Dunn,
American
Musician
Music is a very personal and emotional form of communication.
Trevor Dunn,
American
Musician
#Music
#Communication
Now I am obsessed with collecting Platypus paraphernalia.
Trevor Dunn,
American
Musician
#Now
I think it was more personal, but I certainly tried to adapt certain concepts of Surrealism.
Trevor Dunn,
American
Musician
#Surrealism
Pop culture is not about depth. It's about marketing, supply and demand, consumerism.
Trevor Dunn,
American
Musician
#Culture
#Marketing
I take all of my music seriously and personally.
Trevor Dunn,
American
Musician
#Music
There's a reason I moved to NYC, and if I listed all the musicians on my list you'd grow weary.
Trevor Dunn,
American
Musician
#Reason
#Musicians
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.
Trevor Dunn,
American
Musician
NYC is chaotic. And I am attracted to chaos.
Trevor Dunn,
American
Musician
#Chaos
I don't really know why I chose bass except that it was different than guitar.
Trevor Dunn,
American
Musician
#Guitar
Being in several, disparate bands is what I thrive on.
Trevor Dunn,
American
Musician
#Being
Bungle is definitely a priority right now.
Trevor Dunn,
American
Musician
#Right
#Now
But I also like to be in control, like anyone else. I try to achieve a balance.
Trevor Dunn,
American
Musician
#Balance
#Control
Different people bring out different aspects of ones personality.
Trevor Dunn,
American
Musician
#People
#Personality
I'm comfortable, but not satisfied and I hope to always feel that way.
Trevor Dunn,
American
Musician
#Hope
Hopefully, as a band, it will grow and develop for a good length of time.
Trevor Dunn,
American
Musician
#Time
#Will
I feel akin to the Platypus. An orphan in a family. A swimmer, a recluse. Part bird, part fish, part lizard.
Trevor Dunn,
American
Musician
#Family
#Fish
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.
Trevor Dunn,
American
Musician
#Love
#Music
#Poetry
#Literary
I love being a musician. I love the lifestyle. But I think it's probably as difficult and frustrating as anything.
Trevor Dunn,
American
Musician
#Love
#Being
I love playing in Fantomas, which is very strict in terms of composition.
Trevor Dunn,
American
Musician
#Love
I mean, I would hope that I have a style or personality that is evident wherever I go.
Trevor Dunn,
American
Musician
#Hope
#Style
#Personality
I need to broaden my horizons.
Trevor Dunn,
American
Musician
I never understood why the metal heads in my school hated the punks.
Trevor Dunn,
American
Musician
#School
I have no inflated ideas about success anyway.
Trevor Dunn,
American
Musician
#Success
#Ideas
Harry Patch didn't get enough recognition. Jerry Garcia got too much.
Trevor Dunn,
American
Musician
I remember when metal was something you really had to search out, and now I hear it on car commercials.
Trevor Dunn,
American
Musician
#Now
#Car