Dan Deacon

The main thing I want to do is make people feel more connected and more active.

You know, most people called rap stupid when it started, and it was one of the most innovative music forms of its time.

What's completely insane to me is that people would consider music that's simple to be dumbed-down. Couldn't simplicity be a deliberate, smart choice?

Composers, like authors, have a lot in common. Our main goal is to connect with the listener emotionally.

I've always been very determined, ever since I was a little girl, to make my way.

'Center Stage' reached people that, as live performers, we would have never had the opportunity to reach.