The song Steely Dan refused to release: “Too country”
“I, for one, didn’t think that would happen”.
Donald Fagen
Steely Dan’s impossible song: “It’s very existence is a contradiction”
Beyond any guitarist’s capabilities.
The one person Donald Fagen called a musical alien: “A little guy from outer space”
An otherworldly influence.
The Steely Dan lyric Donald Fagen thought nobody understood: “Take the lyrics more literally”
Just a silly love song…with a twist.
The album that sent Donald Fagen into a depression: “I didn’t like what I was doing”
Fagen’s breaking point
The jazz albums Donald Fagen wanted to avoid: “I was so snobby”
“I didn’t like funky jazz that much.”
The album Steely Dan were never satisfied with: “Could be blamed on mechanical failure”
Getting wrecked in the mixing stages.