Top 34 Quotes & Sayings by Dan Reynolds

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American musician Dan Reynolds.

Last updated on September 17, 2024.

Daniel Coulter Reynolds is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is the lead vocalist of the pop rock band Imagine Dragons. Reynolds also released an EP in 2011, titled Egyptian – EP, as a duo with his wife Aja Volkman under the moniker Egyptian. He is a recipient of the Songwriters Hall of Fame Hal David Starlight Award.

American - Musician | Born: July 14, 1987

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I always like to leave art and music open to interpretation.

Dan Reynolds

I do feel a need as a Mormon to speak out against things that are hurting people.

Dan Reynolds

It does not mean you're broken to have depression and anxiety. I would encourage you to speak out. Don't hold it inside. Talk to friends. Talk to parents. If it's available, go to a therapist.

Dan Reynolds

I've had so many parents ask me, 'So when should you talk about what it means to be gay or LGBTQ with a child?' I don't think there's any age that's too young.

Dan Reynolds

I've followed Tegan and Sara's music for quite a while, and I've been a fan of them and what they do and what they stand for. We've run into each other at one or two festivals over the years, and I kind of fanned out on them.

Dan Reynolds

My dad is my biggest source of inspiration. He's a lawyer, and when he'd get home, we always sat down and listened to music.

Dan Reynolds

Music speaks to people in a way that breaks down boundaries that words and actions sometimes can't.

Dan Reynolds

There's nothing wrong or weak about seeking a therapist. I have a therapist.

Dan Reynolds

I was a little rebellious growing up.

Dan Reynolds

Your life is always worth living.

Dan Reynolds

When I was 18, I applied to go to BYU like my six brothers ahead of me - I have eight boys and one girl in my family.

Dan Reynolds

I promise to be the best missionary I can - a Mormon missionary for the LGBTQ community - and to hopefully use this privilege I've been given to give them a voice.

Dan Reynolds

To be gay is beautiful and right and perfect; to tell someone they need to change their innermost being is setting up someone for an unhealthy life and unhealthy foundation.

Dan Reynolds

I always would dream of making music videos. Whenever I make music, I always have a visual in my mind. I always see things.

Dan Reynolds

Mormonism truly was a part of my every decision since the day I was born. It taught me to serve others and to feel comfort about the next life. Who doesn't want to live for eternity and have a 'mansion in heaven'? It sounded like a rad deal to me when I was in my teenage years.

Dan Reynolds

Do I know there is a God? Some days I don't.

Dan Reynolds

There is always a mix of apprehension and excitement before you try songs out on a new audience.

Dan Reynolds

I'm tired of living the vanilla, non-offensive life. I think that's a really sad way to spend my life, and I lived it like that because that's what I was brought up in, taught to not rock the ship.

Dan Reynolds

When a Mormon knocks, they say, 'Can I teach you about Jesus Christ?' And if you say no, they'll say, 'Then how can I be of service to you?' So anybody who was smart would be like, 'You can take out my trash and mow my lawn.'

Dan Reynolds

I'm about as privileged as you can get. I'm a white, male, heterosexual front man of a rock band.

Dan Reynolds

There was nothing more I wanted to do than to see my dad react well to my music. I still do. I send him my demos all the time.

Dan Reynolds

I've spent a lifetime trying not to offend people - that's one thing that Mormons are really good at is smiling and shaking your hand and doing everything they can to not offend you. And I have gotten to this point in life where I don't want to live that way anymore.

Dan Reynolds

But I really believe that you don't do music because you want to, you do it because you have to.

Dan Reynolds

Now, there's parts about Mormonism that I love and appreciate. And as far as things that I was embarrassed about, I just don't feel it anymore.

Dan Reynolds

Being a Mormon is not a part-time religion. It is your life. You eat, sleep, and breathe Mormonism.

Dan Reynolds

I wouldn't recommend being a musician to anyone. It's not glamorous. It's a lot of being dirty, not eating, playing for five people and one of them is the bartender.

Dan Reynolds

I grew up and had a lot of friends who were gay and Mormon. They couldn't come out to their parents. They couldn't even come out to me because we just wouldn't talk about it.

Dan Reynolds

People who have never dealt with depression think it's just being sad or being in a bad mood. That's not what depression is for me; it's falling into a state of grayness and numbness.

Dan Reynolds

I really don't want my daughters to know me for being that guy who sings songs.

Dan Reynolds

There's not a day that goes by that I don't get an email from someone who is angry with me and tells me they're not going to let their kid listen to Imagine Dragons anymore.

Dan Reynolds

LoveLoud isn't just for the youth, but also their families and friends. They can attend and become educated on how to truly love and accept our LGBTQ youth.

Dan Reynolds

One of my best friends was gay and Mormon, and I saw how conflicted he was. It was the first time my faith didn't align with my mind and heart and the first time I was being taught something at church that I was like, 'Hey, this doesn't seem right.'

Dan Reynolds

Who doesn't love a little Taylor Swift in their life? You know you need a little Taylor Swift in your life.

Dan Reynolds

A lot of people hear it in a dark way, but, I think, without saying the word too many times, it's empowering, and so we wanted to display that in a way that the listener wouldn't see normally.

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