Start Leaving a Full Life! Dan Bejar: “you want to fail on your own terms”

“At some point I lost interest in creating friction, I guess, in my music.”

– Bejar from here and also this:

…”at some point in many artists’ careers, the ability to discern what’s good and what’s not becomes impaired.

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“He writes less than he once did, but the songs “puncture” him more deeply now.”

and:

“You just have to trust your gut, and be like, I’m insane and I like shitty stuff — or maybe this isn’t set in stone.”

– Bejar