By the end of high school, I had this fork-in-the-road moment where part of me considered going to vocational music school to really pursue it. Damien Chazelle considerendfork Change image and share on social
I love the ending of 'The Wrestler.' Damien Chazelle endlovewrestler Change image and share on social
I was interested in music and making movies about musicians, but my own experiences, and doing what it felt like for me to be a drummer? Nah, I wasn't interested in that. Damien Chazelle drummerexperiencefelt Change image and share on social
I didn't feel the kind of joy every day playing drums that I thought you were supposed to feel. Damien Chazelle daydrumfeel Change image and share on social
If you look at 'West Side Story,' a lot of those numbers are actually pretty cutty, but the cuts are always musically motivated. Damien Chazelle cutcuttylot Change image and share on social
I actually grew up wanting to be a filmmaker. I wanted to make movies, and music was a detour, almost. Damien Chazelle detourfilmmakergrow Change image and share on social
My version of a stress dream is, really, showing up on a concert stage with a drum set and not knowing the chart. Damien Chazelle chartconcertdream Change image and share on social
I like a set to be a happy place, where people can feel free to experiment. Damien Chazelle experimentfeelfree Change image and share on social
I was in this public high school in Princeton, and it had this topnotch jazz program - if you were a musician of any kind of caliber, your holy grail was to be in that orchestra. It was that claim to fame of the school, of the town, other than the university. But it was better than the university band. Damien Chazelle bandcaliberclaim share on social
I guess art itself is insane. Its actual function is rarely clear, and yet people give their hearts and souls and lives to it, and have for all of history. Damien Chazelle actualartclear Change image and share on social