I'm starting to get older, and began to think about mortality a little more. My mother died in 2003 and that was a big shock. When your parents start to die off, that's going to be a revelation. So for me, this album - although it might sound quite cheery - is really talking about death.
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Mortality It's intimations of mortality. I'm 58, and by that time, more people you know have died. My mother died a few years ago. And being a New Yorker, 911 had a lot to do with the mood of the city.Donald Fagen
September 11, on a global scale, and my mother dying, on a personal level, were the two major things that got me thinking about all of this.
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We're not getting any younger.
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As jazz fans, it was amusing for us to play jazz harmonies on these big, ugly electric guitars.
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I had trouble distinguishing art from life. I don't now, and I feel much better!
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