The album that sent Donald Fagen into a depression: “I didn’t like what I was doing”
Fagen’s breaking point
Donald Fagen
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.
The only musicians that Donald Fagen actually likes: “I basically listen to the same 40 albums”
His longtime favourites.
The band that gave Steely Dan their big break: “Our first professional job”
“It was our first professional job, really”.
