We try to write things that work on a variety of levels at the same time: A sleek exterior with a turbulent lyric.

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• Walter Becker:

  I think every time, before we do an album, we have a discussion where we sort of consider the idea

• Walter Becker:

  I think that there's the self-imposed pressure to come up with something that's good. For guys like

• Walter Becker:

  We've been allowed to operate unmolested on the fringes of the music scene, really. That's where we

• Walter Becker:

  I'm not interested in a rock/jazz fusion.

• Walter Becker:

  We play rock & roll, but we swing when we play. We want that ongoing flow, that lightness, that for

• Walter Becker:

  I learned music from a book on piano theory. I was only interested in knowing about chords. From th

• Walter Becker:

  Originally, we had a band known as Steely Dan. As we moved away from the band, we got whoever was a

• Walter Becker:

  It's a mystery to me why everybody doesn't love jazz. I've never been able to figure that out.

• Walter Becker:

  I guess actually playing on the records and touring is a great forced practice regimen for me. And

• Walter Becker:

  The more of what our music does violates the premise of its format that it's presented in, the bett