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David Berman

American Musician

Born: Jan 4, 1967

Died: Aug 7, 2019

Always Life Me Music People Think

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I don't think any songwriter who comes up through playing clubs can really claim to have independently developed their art. All along the way so much information is coming, the writer inside the performer unconsciously reacts to all of that. By the time they get to be thirty, the writer is gone. David Berman

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I guess when I was younger, I'd have assumed that in 2008 music would be full of great writers following in the tradition of the young great writers of the '60s and '70s, but it hasn't turned out that way, or at least there are no other writers around that I look at and think: 'Wow, I'm outclassed, I need to get out of this business.' David Berman

Music Great Business Young Think Assumed Other Guess Way Out Would Would-Be Wow Following Writers Look Around Least Tradition Get Younger Turned Full Need

I mean, I wasn't fortunate enough to have ever experienced starting out with a band and sticking with them, so that would be interesting to me. People whose bands start out like that, when they break up it's always terrible. David Berman

Me People Band Enough Out Would Would-Be Like Terrible Sticking Always Up Bands Experienced Break Break Up Interesting Mean Them Fortunate Whose Ever Start Starting

When people tend to be happier they have more interest in the world around them. David Berman

People World More Tend Around Happier Interest Them

Some people like my singing. But it sounds like bad singing to a lot of other people. David Berman

People Some People Singing Other Bad Some Like Sounds Lot

I've had to stop going to the nearest grocery store that seems to play Shania Twain's 'Forever and For Always' whenever I'm there. It's hard to shop for frozen entrees through cold-air blasted tears. Feels good on a flushed face though. David Berman

I think reporters think that they can get something extra out of a person face-to-face, but in reality people just give stock answers because there's a social situation going on. David Berman

Reality People Situation Think Extra Out Face-To-Face Give Something Because Answers Stock Person Get Reporters Going Just Social

I hear luxury brand names, I cringe. David Berman

Luxury Cringe Names Hear Brand

Little Wooster, Ohio and gargantuan Dallas, Texas formed the municipal cocktail of my life up till age 18. That drab, weird little town and the glitzy big one shaped me for sure. David Berman

I'm interested in direct communication about domestic life. David Berman

Life Communication About Direct Domestic Domestic Life Interested

I guess on all Silver Jews records, it's extremely male-centric. David Berman

Jews Guess Extremely Silver Records

Pragmatism and romance are sort of opposites. David Berman

Opposites Sort Pragmatism Romance

I've never done much to try to build an audience. David Berman

Try Build Never Audience Done Much

I have this Martin electric/acoustic that's made of black formica. Really cool. David Berman

Black Made Martin Really Cool

In 2004, I don't think any Silver Jews fan was probably expecting another record. David Berman

Think Jews Record Silver Another Expecting Any Fan

If they told me I couldn't leave the radius of six miles from my house, I really wouldn't care. There's nowhere I really want to go. David Berman

Me Care House Leave Go Six Want Really Miles Nowhere

I've never been from a certain group. I've always reserved a space for myself where I'm unattached to any group, but the part of Judaism that I really take away, that means something to me, is the part about community. David Berman

I used to consider myself weak. David Berman

Myself Consider Weak Used

Definitely in everything I do, the comic is a part of it. David Berman

Everything Definitely Part Comic

The rules changed for art around 1989. We were all loosed upon the canon to clip and paste and borrow and update. Only thing is, unless you were in New York or in a cultural studies program, that new paradigm probably wasn't going to sink in until the Internet arrived. David Berman

Art You Internet Changed Unless Rules Paradigm Borrow Only Studies New Until Around Arrived Were Cultural Sink Clip Paste Update York Going New York Canon Thing Program

The overlap between Pavement's fan base and people who liked Silver Jews was total. In my mind, even a local band with 20 fans had more unqualified support. David Berman

Ever since I was a little kid, I've always felt un-trusted. David Berman

Kid Since Felt Always Little Little Kid Ever

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