Evan Dando Quotes

But Sneaky Pete was great. I didn't bug him about Gram. Not too much, anyway.
Evan Dando

Great, Him, Anyway

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.
Evan Dando

Important, Around, Alcohol

I used to have a sort of spiky haircut and it just feels better to have short hair again.
Evan Dando

Short, Again, Hair

Basically, between 1989 and 1994, I hadn't taken a vacation.
Evan Dando

Between, Vacation, Taken

But ya have to make videos in the States. Usually ours just look too serious. We haven't got it together.
Evan Dando

Together, Serious, Ours

CDs, too. Totally corporate. They look real cheap and soulless and they don't smell of anything.
Evan Dando

Real, Cheap, Corporate

Even the bands I dig don't have a history of attaining mass consumption.
Evan Dando

History, Mass, Bands

For me, it's all about The Dubliners by James Joyce. I love The Dead.
Evan Dando

Love, Dead, James

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.
Evan Dando

Everything, Down, Through

I guess I'm about ready to promote myself in a more human way. I don't feel quite so insecure.
Evan Dando

Human, Insecure, Quite

I have to make rock records occasionally.
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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

Lie, Play, Guitar

I need the money. People don't understand how little money you make in a band.
Evan Dando

Money, Understand, Band

I was hanging out with Jonathan Richman last night.
Evan Dando

Night, Last, Hanging

I was trying to spend it as quickly as possible. Because I'm so lazy, all that money created a block. I was flying around the world, staying at fancy hotels, having fun and trying to get rid of it as quickly as possible, so I could get on with some more work.
Evan Dando

Work, Money, Fun

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.
Evan Dando

Music, Fun, Play

I've got time, I hope, to make lots of quiet records. So quiet you won't be able to hear them.
Evan Dando

Time, Hope, Able

It is hard, though, 'cos record labels love to boss you around. I won't let them do that anymore.
Evan Dando

Love, Hard, Around

It's better when you have your wife with you, more fun.
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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.
Evan Dando

Dream, Able, Band

Rock stars wanting to write is even worse than wanting to act in movies, right?
Evan Dando

Movies, Rock, Stars

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.
Evan Dando

Fun, Rock, Different

Since Elizabeth, I certainly live a healthier lifestyle.
Evan Dando

Live, Since, Lifestyle

Some of our stuff ends up looking too corporate. I'm going to be a lot stricter from now on.
Evan Dando

Looking, Stuff, Ends

The best songs I write in 20 minutes.
Evan Dando

Best, Write, Songs

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Nationality: American

Born: March 4, 1967

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