Evan Dando quotes

When there are no women on the tour it can get awful and ugly - constant horrible jokes and gross behaviour. It needs to be leavened with a feminine presence. (Evan Dando)
I used to have a sort of spiky haircut and it just feels better to have short hair again. View quote
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I guess I'm about ready to promote myself in a more human way. I don't feel quite so insecure. View quote
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But Sneaky Pete was great. I didn't bug him about Gram. Not too much, anyway. View quote
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I'd forgotten what it was like to play music and have it be fun so I decided to stop. I wasn't even sure if I was going to make a new record, I was just kinda quitting. View quote
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My high-school dream was to be in a band, pay my rent and eat - and I've been able to do that for 20 years. So I'm completely content. View quote
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Rock stars wanting to write is even worse than wanting to act in movies, right? View quote
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It's better when you have your wife with you, more fun. View quote
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When I was 14 years old, I was a huge fan of the Velvets, the Stooges and the Modern Lovers. They are my three favourite bands. I never get sick of 'em. View quote
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You know more about me than I do about myself, that's probably true. View quote
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CDs, too. Totally corporate. They look real cheap and soulless and they don't smell of anything. (Evan Dando)
Since Elizabeth, I certainly live a healthier lifestyle. View quote
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I need the money. People don't understand how little money you make in a band. View quote
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I don't write down my experiences, but I have a very decent memory. I have tons of books in which I write down phrases as they occur to me. That's how I write songs. I'll need a line and I'll go through the books and find it, the right rhyme and everything. View quote
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I was hanging out with Jonathan Richman last night. View quote
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I have to make rock records occasionally. View quote
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Even the bands I dig don't have a history of attaining mass consumption. View quote
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The best songs I write in 20 minutes. View quote
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Basically, between 1989 and 1994, I hadn't taken a vacation. View quote
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I don't like alcohol, but I still like to mess around with other stuff occasionally. I think it's important I take mushrooms and acid. They're certainly not addictive, so I can't rule that out. View quote
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I lie around and play guitar, that's something I do for sure. In fact that's all I do, I think. (Evan Dando)
See, to me, rock'n'roll doesn't have any point. It's just fun. It has a million different angles and they're all valid. But I think rock might be a world issue. View quote
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I've got time, I hope, to make lots of quiet records. So quiet you won't be able to hear them. View quote
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When I write a song, it's all about the riff - the riff first, then the words come later. View quote
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Some of our stuff ends up looking too corporate. I'm going to be a lot stricter from now on. View quote
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Evan Dando

Evan Dando - Image
Photo: Canley, CC BY-SA 4.0
Occupation: American Musician
Born: March 4, 1967
Quotes count: 29